2022 Mutua Madrid Open Free Betting Picks and Preview (Archive)
The tennis action continues at the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain. It has been a rainy week, but with three different courts that have roofs, the tournament has been able to proceed in an efficient fashion. Let’s take a look at today’s WTA matches to find more winning tennis picks.
Ons Jabeur vs. Simona Halep
Wednesday, May 04, 2022 – 06:00 AM EDT at La Caja Mágica
Ons Jabeur Player Profile
Ons Jabeur has gone three sets twice so far in her three matches here in Spain. She defeated Jasmine Paolini in the first round in straight sets but needed three sets to take out both Varvara Gracheva and Belinda Bencic.
Although it took three sets against Bencic, Jabeur was in control during the third set and it was a strong victory for the Tunisian player ranked number 10 in the world.
Ons Jabeur is the number one African player in the world and also the highest-ranked Arab tennis player in tennis history. Jabeur has won 1 title in her career, in 2021, at the Birmingham Classic. This made her the first Tunisian player to ever win a WTA title. Jabeur has won 63.6% of her matches in her WTA career.
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Ons Jabeur is one of the players with the most diverse games on the tour. Jabeur can hit with power, yet she has no problems mixing up the pace with a huge variety of slices and topspin. Jabeur can hit flat as well, giving her mastery over all three variations of how to hit the ball.
Jabeur has worked on her serve and conditioning, which propelled her move into the top ten. Jabeur was always solid on the baseline, but now that she's able to hold serve and compete at her best at the end of three-set matches, she is truly a force to be reckoned with on the WTA tour.
Ons Jabeur and Simona Halep have played three times with Halep coming out on top twice. Their most recent meeting was in February in Dubai on hard courts. Halep had a straightforward 6-4, 6-3 victory. Ons Jabeur's only win over Halep was in 2018 when Halep retired in Beijing after 1 set with an injury.
Simona Halep Player Profile
Simona Halep's pairing with Serena Williams' former coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, has proved to be fruitful so far. Halep looks spry and the ball is exploding off her racket. Simona looks refreshed, rejuvenated, and in the best form, we have seen her in within the past three years. A focused, in form Simona Halep is trouble for anyone that she faces across the net.
Simona Halep is a thirty-year-old Romanian player who has been ranked number one twice in her career for a total of 64 weeks. In the span of 2014 to 2021 she was in the top 10 for 373 consecutive weeks.
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This is the 8th longest streak in WTA history. During that time frame, she was always ranked number 4 or higher. Halep's continued excellence and reign at the top is an impressive accomplishment. Halep has won the French Open in 2018. She won Wimbledon in 2019. She has been a finalist in the Australian Open and her best result at the US Open is a semifinal.
She has won 23 tournaments in her career and has a career record winning percentage of 70.6%. Halep has an amazing 52.3% break percentage in her career on clay courts.
Halep has not dropped a set yet here at the Mutua Madrid Open. She defeated world number 2 Paula Badosa in the second round, an impressive victory. She followed that up by beating top American prospect, Cori Gauff. It was another straightforward victory, showing that Halep is back in form and a threat to win any tournament she enters.
What's Jabeur vs. Halep's Betting Pick?
Simona Halep will get another routine win again here today. Clay has always been Halep's best surface, and with her recent resurgence with focus and proper coaching, Halep has become one of the top players in the world.
Although she is ranked number 21, she is currently a top-five player in my eyes, and the second-best contender for the French Open title right behind world number one, Iga Swiatek. Halep's consistency on her groundstrokes will lead her to get the victory. Halep will also not be bothered by Jabeur's tricky style of play and variations in pace and spin, rather, she'll be quite comfortable no matter what Jabeur throws at her.
I expect Simona Halep to get another victory, and the way that she is playing right now, she will most likely lift the trophy at the end of the week. Our best bet for today's WTA Mutua Madrid Open is Simona Halep at -3.5 games as displayed on the WTA odds board.
WTA Pick: Simona Halep -3.5 Games (-120) with Bovada (visit our Bovada Review)
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