Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva

WTA Wimbledon – 1st Round
Amanda Anisimova vs Yulia Putintseva

🧠 Form & Context

• Amanda Anisimova
  🌟 Career resurgence: Captured her first WTA 1000 title in Doha and reached the Queen’s Club final.
  📈 Grass-court credentials: 6–2 record in 2025, with a QF in Berlin and runner-up in Queen’s.
  🎾 Slam-ready: Quarterfinalist at Wimbledon 2022; making her return to the event after missing 2023–24.
  🔄 Dominant H2H: Leads 3–1 vs Putintseva, including two straight-set wins in their last meetings.


• Yulia Putintseva
  📉 Form slump: Lost R1 in 9 of her last 15 events; no QFs since January.
  🚫 Grass struggles: 1–3 on grass this season; only one R4 finish in 10 Wimbledon appearances.
  ⚠️ Still dangerous: Surprised the field with a R4 run at Wimbledon 2024, beating Kerber, Siniaková, and Swiatek.
  🧱 Playing style mismatch: Her counterpunching game is less effective on fast grass surfaces.

🔍 Match Breakdown

This matchup strongly favors Anisimova. Her compact, flat groundstrokes suit the low bounce of grass, and her recent form suggests she’s approaching a peak. Expect her to target Putintseva’s weaker backhand and keep points short with her return aggression.

Putintseva thrives when she can drag matches into grinding territory, but on grass, her lack of a reliable serve and offensive firepower puts her at a disadvantage. Anisimova has already handled her twice in the past year on faster surfaces, and unless nerves or unforced errors creep in, the pattern should repeat.

🔮 Prediction

Prediction: Anisimova in 2 sets – The American is too clean from the baseline and too confident on this surface. Unless Putintseva conjures another grass miracle, it’s likely a one-way contest.