Rebecca Sramkova vs Jaqueline Cristian Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Eastbourne International

Prediction published on 23/06/2025, 06:40  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 23/06/2025 at 07:36 in Tennis Predictions

Eighth-seeded Rebecca Sramkova reached the last four in Nottingham last week. Now the 28-year-old heads south to Eastbourne to face Jaqueline Cristian in round one of the Eastbourne International. Here's our prediction of this grass court match.

Sramkova has only just missed out on being seeded at Wimbledon. Her run to the Nottingham semi-finals has taken the Slovak player to 34th in the live rankings which is a career-high. 

Both Linda Noskova and Yulia Putintseva  were beaten last week before losing to eventual champion McCartney Kessler. Sramkova has never won a main draw match at Wimbledon  Sramkova leads Cristian 3-1 in previous matches but all were played on clay.

Unseeded opposition will be faced by the winner in round two. That'll be either qualifier Varvara Gracheva or Camila Osorio.

Jaqueline Cristian is at 50th in the live rankings, just one place below her career-high. The Romanian didn't have such an enjoyable time in Nottingham as Sramkova. Cristian lost to Olivia Gadecki in the first qualifying round.

That took her grass court record to a disappointing 2-10.  One of her wins came when reaching round two at Wimbledon in 2023. Her best form has come on clay with a recent final in Rabat. We tip Sramkova to win this match.