Auckland 2025: Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks preview, head-to-head, prediction and pick | ASB Classic

Match Details

Fixture: (3) Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks

Tournament: ASB Classic 2025

Round: First round (Round of 32)

Venue: ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

Category: WTA 250

Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt

Prize money: $267,082

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

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Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks preview

Amanda Anisimova will open her 2025 season at the ASB Classic with a first-round encounter against another big-hitting American in the form of Alycia Parks.

Anisimova, the third seed at this year’s tournament, has struggled with injuries over the last few years. She has had some good starts to the season but has not played a full year on Tour for quite some time now.

The 2024 season brought with it some encouraging signs as she made the Australian Open third round, reached a WTA 1000 final at the Canadian Open and clawed her way back into the top-50.

Parks recently won a WTA 125k title. (Source: Getty)

Parks, meanwhile, also salvaged an underwhelming season on the main Tour with strong showings at the WTA 125 level. Not only did she make four finals at the level in 2024, she won three of them.

Her most recent title run came at Open Angers, where she beat a returning Belinda Bencic in the final. That said, her performance on the Tour remained poor as she won back-to-back main draw matches only once in the entire year.

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Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks head-to-head

Anisimova and Parks have never crossed paths on the Tour before, so their current head-to-head stands at a 0-0 deadlock.

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Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks odds

Player	Moneyline	Handicap Bets	Total Games
Amanda Anisimova
Alycia Parks

(Odds will be added once they're available)

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Amanda Anisimova vs Alycia Parks prediction

Anisimova will be the favorite to win on paper. (Source: Getty)

Both Amanda Anisimova and Alycia Parks often play a gung-ho brand of tennis, going after every ball. The high-risk game comes with its rewards, but there’s also a higher chance of the player going off kilter.

For Parks unfortunately, the latter was the case for a large part of the 2024 season. The American was not winning any free points off her serve and her groundstrokes were also often misfiring.

The 23-year-old did steady the ship but will need to be at her very best against someone like Anisimova, who can hit the ball just as big, if not bigger than her opponent.

Anisimova has shown flashes of her best tennis in recent months, beating big names like Aryna Sabalenka, Emma Navarro, Anna Kalinskaya, and Daria Kasatkina back-to-back. That would have filled her with confidence.

When swinging freely, Anisimova can hit any opponent off the court. Her wins over Sabalenka and the ilk are testament to that. Provided that she is fully fit, Anisimova could prove too explosive for Parks on the given day.

Prediction: Anisimova to win in straight sets