Saturday, August 9, 2025

Amanda Anisimova vs Léolia Jeanjean

WTA Cincinnati — Anisimova vs Jeanjean | Form & Context

WTA Cincinnati — Amanda Anisimova vs Léolia Jeanjean

Hard Court • Form & Context Overview

🧠 Form & Context

Léolia Jeanjean
🎯 Career milestone: Top-100 debut this year after a string of ITF finals, including W100 Bangalore runner-up.
🔥 Cincinnati debut: Came through qualifying with wins over Zhao & Masarova, then upset Starodubtseva in R1.
💪 2025 record: 37–22 overall, 19–9 on hard courts — most success still at lower-tier events.
⚡ Big-match history: One career top-40 win (Plíšková at RG 2022).
Amanda Anisimova
🏆 Career-best season: Doha champion, Wimbledon finalist, top-10 debut (peak No. 7).
📊 2025 hard-court form: 13–6, including wins over Raducanu & Sun in Montreal before R16 loss to Svitolina.
📌 Highs & lows: Impressive runs mixed with heavy defeats (notably 0–6, 0–6 vs Świątek in Wimbledon final).
🔙 Cincinnati return: First appearance since 2022; best result here is R16 (2018).

🔍 Match Breakdown

Anisimova has the clear weapons advantage: a heavy first serve, flat backhand that penetrates on hard courts, and the ability to take time away from Jeanjean. The Frenchwoman thrives on rhythm and percentage tennis, but against elite ball-strikers she can be forced into reactive defense.

For Jeanjean to make inroads, she must keep first-serve % high, mix trajectories, and target Anisimova’s forehand on the run — an area that can leak errors under sustained pressure. However, the pace differential and return quality tilt heavily toward the American.

Anisimova’s main danger here is a slow start or emotional letdown after the Montreal campaign, but if she locks in early, rallies are likely to be short and in her favor.

🔮 Prediction

While Jeanjean’s qualifying-to-R2 run is a nice breakthrough at Masters level, Anisimova’s firepower and big-match experience should overwhelm her over the course of two sets. Upset chances are slim unless Anisimova self-destructs with errors.

Prediction: Anisimova in 2 sets (scoreline in the 6–3, 6–2 range).

🔗 Full Breakdown

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