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Match Details
Fixture: Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova
Date: January 12, 2025
Tournament: Australian Open 2025
Round: First Round (Round of 128)
Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard (Outdoor)
Prize Money: A$ 86,500,000
Live Telecast: USA - ESPN & Tennis Channel | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Sports & Sony LIV
Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova preview
17-year-old sensation Mirra Andreeva has had an impressive last few months as she broke into the top 20 by reaching the quarterfinals at WTA Beijing and final of the WTA Ningbo in October, where she lost to her compatriot Daria Kasatkina in three sets 0-6, 6-4, 4-6.
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She defeated the Top 10 opponents Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina in the exhibition event World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi in the off-season.
World No. 15 Andreeva started her 2025 season in Brisbane, where she reached the semifinals after beating Anna Blinkova, Linda Noskova, and Ons Jabeur, all three matches without dropping a set.
In the semifinals, she went down 6-3, 6-2 against the World No. 1 and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka.
Meanwhile, World No. 42 Bouzkova started her 2025 season at WTA Brisbane against the Australian wildcard, World No. 150 Talia Gibson. She needed three sets to beat her 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3.
Her performances in the next two matches were impressive, as she knocked out the seventh seed Jelena Ostapenko 7-6(0), 6-4. In the round of 16, she ousted the former World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4.
She faced another Belarusian in the semifinals, this time it was current World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated her 3-6, 4-6.
Next, the 26-year-old entered the qualifying draw at the Adelaide International, where she faced the World No. 379 Gabriella da Silva Fick 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. In the second round, she faced Germany's Jule Niemeier and again dropped the first set as she won 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
In the first round of the main draw, she won the first set 6-1 against World No. 26 Liudmila Samsonova. But this time, she lost the next two 4-6, 1-6.
Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova head-to-head
The two have never faced each other before, hence they are level 0-0 in their head-to-head record.
Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova odds
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Mirra Andreeva vs Marie Bouzkova prediction
Mirra Andreeva is aiming to reach the top 10 in 2025, so she will be looking to make a deep run at the Australian Open, where she impressed on her debut in 2024.
Last year, the teenager won her first round match 7-5, 6-2 against Bernarda Pera, before stunning the sixth seed Ons Jabeur 6-0, 6-2 in a one-sided match. She needed three sets to edge past France's Diane Parry 1-6, 6-1, 7-6(5).
In the round of 16, Andreeva took the first set 6-4 against the ninth need Barbora Krejcikova, before losing the next two 3-6, 2-6.
On the other hand, the 2022 Wimbledon quarterfinalist, Bouzkova has won only one match at the Australian Open in her five appearances at the Grand Slam.
Like most Czech players, she has her best win percentage at the grass courts of Wimbledon (64%) and just 17% at the Australian Open.
Pick: Andreeva to win in straight sets
