Madrid Open 2025 qualifying: Francesca Jones vs Laura Siegemund preview, head-to-head, odds, prediction, and pick
Match Details
Fixture: Francesca Jones vs (13) Laura Siegemund
Date: April 21, 2025
Tournament: Madrid Open 2025
Round: Qualifying (First Round)
Venue: Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: $8,963,700
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel/TC Plus | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN
Francesca Jones vs Laura Siegemund preview
World No. 134 Francesca Jones will face World No. 95 Laura Siegemund in the first round of the qualifying event of the Madrid Open 2025 on Monday, April 21. It will be their second meeting.
24-year-old Francesca Jones has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, which includes all the WTA, ITF Tour and qualifying round matches. She won the ITF W75 title in Vacaria, Brazil, last month on clay.
Jones played the WTA Challenger in Oeiras last week, where she lost a very close second-round match against World No. 187 Nina Stojanovic 6-2, 3-6, 5-7. Ranking wise, her best win of the season was against World No. 68 Mayar Sherif in the first round of the Merida Open in Mexico.
37-year-old Laura Siegemund is making an appearance in the qualifying round of the Madrid Open for the first time since 2019. She started the season as World No. 79 but now her ranking is down to No. 95.
Siegemund entered the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart last week as a wildcard but lost to her compatriot, World No. 121 Jule Niemeier 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. She has lost her last four matches on the clay courts.
Francesca Jones vs Laura Siegemund head-to-head
Laura Siegemund leads Francesca Jones 1-0 in their head-to-head record. Their only previous meeting was also on clay, at the Copa Colsanitas 2024 in Bogota. Siegemund won it 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2.
Francesca Jones vs Laura Siegemund odds
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Francesca Jones vs Laura Siegemund prediction
Great Britain's Frances Jones will be the favorite to win this match, considering her current form and Laura Siegemund's losing streak on the surface. Earlier this month, Jones collapsed during her match in Bogota but now she is doing fine.
Jones has reached 14 ITF finals in her career and all of them were on the clay court. She has reached one WTA Challenger final and that was also on the dirt. She would be hoping to make her WTA 1000 main-draw debut at the Madrid Open.
Former World No. 27 Laura Siegemund has a 5-5 win-loss record at the Madrid Open and her best result was reaching the third round of the event in 2016. Last year, she lost in the first round of the main draw in Madrid against Donna Vekic.
The German is focussing on the women's doubles events now but she has beaten some big names like Simona Halep, Venus Williams, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sakkari and Agnieszka Radwanska on clay in the past.
Siegemund's stamina could be an issue now and the British youngster would have an edge because of that as well.
Pick: Francesca Jones to win in three sets