Paula Badosa vs Katie Boulter Prediction & Picks - WTA Wimbledon Championships

Prediction published on 6/30/25, 9:37 AM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 1/16/26 at 5:40 AM in Tennis Picks

Paula Badosa of Spain will lock horns with Katie Boulter of Great Britain in an intriguing first-round pairing at the 2025 Wimbledon Open on Monday.

Badosa went 1-2 in 3 grass-court matches during her grass-court warmups. The Spaniard suffered an early exit at the Berlin Ladies Open, losing to Liudmila Samsonvoa 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in the first round. She recorded her lone grass win at the Bad Homburg Open, beating Olga Danilovic of Serbia 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the opening round before succumbing to American Emma Navarro 6-4 6-4 in the second round.

Boulter has compiled a 3-2 record on grass this year. She reached the second round of the HSBC Championship by beating Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6(4) 1-6 6-4 before losing to Diana Shnaider 6-2 2-6 2-6 in the next round. Boulter picked up two more wins over Lulu Sun 6-2 6-2 and Sonay Kartal 6-4 1-6 7-5 before suffering a quarterfinal exit at the hands of eventual winner McCartney Kessler 6-3 3-6 6-4 at Nottingham.