🎾 Jasmine Paolini vs. Yuan Yue

WTA French Open

🎾 Jasmine Paolini vs. Yuan Yue – French Open R1 Preview

🧠 Form & Context

Jasmine Paolini
🔥 On fire: Coming off the biggest title of her career—a stunning WTA 1000 win in Rome, where she defeated Ostapenko, Jabeur, Shnaider, and Gauff en route to becoming the first Italian champion in 40 years.
📈 Peaking perfectly: Has won 14 of her last 17 matches and is riding a career-high ranking of World No. 4.
🇫🇷 Finalist in 2024: Reached the Roland Garros final last year, surviving three consecutive three-setters—her first deep Slam run.
💡 Confidence queen: Armed with clay-court composure and home-country momentum from Rome, Paolini looks poised for another deep run.
Yuan Yue
📉 Tough season: Just 3 match wins in 10 tournaments so far in 2025—two in Brisbane and one in Dubai.
⛔ Grand Slam struggles: Has a dismal 1–8 record in Slam R1 matches, with her only win coming at the 2022 US Open.
🌱 Minor spark: Won a W100 clay title in Oeiras this spring, her only sign of form in what’s otherwise been a forgettable campaign.
📊 Hard to trust: Has never beaten a top-20 player and has consistently underperformed in big-stage openers.

🔍 Match Breakdown

This is a stark form mismatch. Paolini is arguably playing the best tennis of her life, and Roland Garros is now a happy hunting ground. Her aggressive baseline control, smart point construction, and movement on clay are elite. Yuan is clearly talented, but she’s not even winning matches at the WTA level right now. Her W100 success in Oeiras is positive, but doesn’t translate into competitiveness against someone in Paolini’s form. The head-to-head (Paolini leads 2–0) further backs this—Yuan has yet to take a set off the Italian in two previous hard-court meetings. This time, on clay, it looks even less promising.

🔮 Prediction

Paolini is in top gear and should cruise here. Unless something completely unexpected happens, this should be over quickly. 🧩 Prediction: Paolini in straight sets, with minimal resistance.