Danielle Collins vs Veronika Erjavec

🎾 Wimbledon 2025 – Danielle Collins vs Veronika Erjavec Preview

WTA – 1/32 Finals | Grass | July 3, 2025

🧠 Form & Context

Danielle Collins
🔥 Starting to click: Got her first grass-court win of 2025 in R1, comfortably dispatching Camila Osorio 6–3, 6–2.
📉 Grass question mark: Despite her pedigree, Collins has never made a grass-court semifinal at any level. Wimbledon R4 in 2024 is her personal best on this surface.
🎾 Sporadic form: Has gone 13–9 this season, with standout wins over Swiatek (Rome) and Ostapenko (Charleston), but hasn’t posted back-to-back wins since May.
👊 Power-driven: When in rhythm, Collins is among the most aggressive baseliners on tour. Her intensity and pace can overwhelm players outside the top tier.

Veronika Erjavec
🚨 Breakthrough moment: Scored her biggest career win by defeating 26th seed Marta Kostyuk in three sets in R1—her first ever tour-level main draw win.
💪 Battle-tested: Came through three rounds of Wimbledon qualifying and has now won four consecutive matches over top-100 players.
🌱 Grass bloom: Despite limited experience, she’s 4–0 on grass this year and showing signs of adapting her clay-heavy game.
📉 Underdog role: Spent most of her career on the ITF circuit, with no prior Slam main draw wins and only a handful of WTA-level appearances before 2025.

🔍 Match Breakdown

This match is a classic clash between seasoned firepower and an in-form underdog. Collins brings a ruthless game that can blow lower-ranked players off the court, especially when her serve and forehand are firing. She also has a deep Grand Slam résumé and thrives in second-round matchups, having not exited before R3 at any major since 2021.

Erjavec is riding a wave of confidence, but her game is more about consistency and depth than weaponry. That worked against Kostyuk, who self-destructed at times, but Collins presents a much sterner challenge in terms of pace and aggression. Erjavec’s best chance is if the American starts slow or over-presses, but that’s a narrow window to work with on grass.

🔮 Prediction

Erjavec’s Cinderella run has been admirable, but Collins has too many advantages—experience, power, and confidence after a strong R1 performance. As long as the American plays within herself, this should be a relatively straightforward affair.

Prediction: Collins in 2 sets — expect a tight start, but Collins should pull away once she finds rhythm.