Adelaide International 2025: Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva preview, head-to-head, prediction and pick

Match Details

Fixture: (1) Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva

Date: January 10, 2025

Tournament: Adelaide International 2025

Round: Semifinal

Venue: Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Category: WTA 500

Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt

Prize money: $1,064,510

Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports

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Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva preview

Jessica Pegula in action at the Adelaide International (Image Source: Getty)

Top seed Jessica Pegula has had a perfect event so far, which any player would like to have before a Grand Slam. She got a bye in the first round and then won 6-1, 6-4 against the former World No. 3 Maria Sakkari in the second round.

In the Quarterfinal, 30-year-old Pegula had to spend only 48 minutes on the court as her compatriot Ashlyn Krueger retired when Pegula was leading 6-4, 2-0.

On the other hand, 30-year-old Putintseva defeated Donna Vekic and Ons Jabeur in the first two matches. She won the first set 7-6(3) against the sixth seed Diana Shnaider and had a match point in the second set tie-break but lost that (9-11).

She won the third set 6-4 as the match lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes, so she could be a little tired after playing a marathon.

Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva head-to-head

World No. 7 Pegula leads her Kazakh opponent 2-0 in the head-to-head record. Both of their previous meetings were on the hard courts of Canada.

Pegula won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in the Quarterfinal at 2022 Toronto and then 6-4, 6-4 in the round of 32 at 2023 Montreal.

Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva odds

Player	Moneyline	Handicap Bets	Total Games
Jessica Pegula	TBD	TBD	TBD
Yulia Putintseva	TBD	TBD	TBD

(Odds will be added when available)

Jessica Pegula vs Yulia Putintseva Prediction

Pegula will start the match as favorite and very fresh, having spent only 2 hours and 2 minutes on court at the event so far, which is 1 hour and 12 minutes less than the time Putintseva needed to win her Quarterfinal match.

The American had also won their previous two meetings in straight sets, so she is also going to have the psychological edge.

30-year-old Putintseva, having spent more than five hours on court at Adelaide already, must be having one eye on the Australian Open as well, where she is the 24th seed and will face the 22-year-old Armenian Elina Avanesyan (who will be playing her semifinal in Hobart tomorrow) in the first round on Sunday or Monday.

Pegula will be favourite in this match, as she would be looking to reach her first final since losing to Aryna Sabalenka in the 2024 US Open final. It could be her 15th WTA level final, the first in Australia.

Pick: Pegula to win in straight sets