Emma Navarro vs Jessica Pegula Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA China Open

Prediction published on 02/10/2025, 05:13  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 02/10/2025 at 05:22 in Tennis Predictions

Jessica Pegula has confirmed her first-ever Beijing Open quarter-final berth and will be taking on Emma Navarro, another first-time quarter-finalist here. This will be the third meeting between the two, and the winner will face Sonay Kartal or Linda Noskova next. Read on for our prediction of the match.

In a fourth round packed with surprises, Navarro claimed one of them in a three-set win over top seed Iga Swiatek. The world number 17 now has another tough hurdle to negotiate, having lost twice against Pegula.

Apart from the head-to-head records, she is also battling a poor run in the quarter-final stage. Navarro, 14th in the live rank, won the title in Merida but has a 1-6 record at the quarters this season.

Fifth seed Pegula will be featuring in her ninth quarter-final this season and hopes to advance for the seventh time. In Doha and Stuttgart, she fell at this stage, but in Austin, Charleston, and Bad Homburg, she went on to win the titles.

Here she comes looking to defend her record against Navarro but also aware her opponent is coming off a huge win. Her three-set win over Marta Kostyuk lasted two hours and 19 minutes and winning that saw four American players enter the last eight stage.

For Pegula, it was win number 46 in the season and 31st of 43 on hard courts. Now sixth in the live ranking, Pegula arrives here as a clear favorite.