Viktoriya Tomova vs Tatjana María Prediction & Picks - WTA Hamburg Open

Prediction published on 7/16/25, 4:08 AM  by Lou Aguila in Tennis Picks

Viktorija Tomova of Bulgaria will take on WTA veteran Tatjana Maria of Germany in the first round of the 2025 Hamburg Open.

Tomova is fresh off a second-round stint at Wimbledon Open, earning her win after two-time runner-up Ons Jabeur of Turkey retired while trailing 2-7, 0-2. Tomova, 2-6 on clay and 10-18 overall in 2025, hopes to turn her sagging campaign around in this WTA 250 clay-court event that takes place a week before the hard-court season goes full swing.

After crashing out in the first round of the Wimbledon Open at the hands of Katie Volynets 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1, Maria came through with another inspiring run at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, posting four consecutive wins before falling to Caty McNally in a hotly-contested final 2-6 6-4 6-2. Maria kicked off her grass-court season on a resounding note by capturing the HSBC Championship, beating several top-tier players, including 2025 Wimbledon Open runner-up Amanda Anisimova in the final. The championship run had Maria being viewed as a potential dark horse contender for the grass-court Grand Slam, but the 37-year-old German bombed out in the first round of the Bad Homburg Open and Wimbledon. Maria is coming back to the clay with a decent 54 percent win rate on the surface, though she’s only 2-8 in 2025.