The 2024 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony set quite a scene in Paris on Friday, and the first round of the Women’s Single’s Tennis Tournament begins on Saturday with a match featuring Anna Schmiedlova vs Katie Boulter.
In a first-round match out of Section 3 of the bottom bracket, the Brit native will be slightly favored over the Slovakian. Anna Schmiedlova brings a wealth of claycourt experience to Roland Garros shooting for the opening-round upset at +105.
Katie Boulter favors the grass but the line setters put the expectation at -125 to get past Schmiedlova into the second round.
Anna Schmiedlova vs. Katie Boulter Odds
Player |
Spread |
Total |
MoneyLine |
| Schmiedlova | Ev +100 | Ov 21.5 -110 | +105 |
| Boulter | Ev -120 | Un 21.5 -110 | -125 |
**Odds Subject to Change** |
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Anna Schmiedlova vs. Katie Boulter Match Details
- Fixture: Anna Schmiedlova vs Katie Boulter Round 1 Section 3
- Date and Time: July 27, 2024 @ 9 AM ET
- Location: Roland Garros, Paris, France
- Court Surface: Clay
Apex Tale of the Tape
| Schmiedlova | vs. | Boulter |
| 5′ 9″ | Height | 27 |
| 29 | Age | 6′ 0″ |
| Slovakia | Country | Greast Britain |
| 70 | Rank | 34 |
| 23 – 17 | YTD W/L | 24 – 13 |
| 1 – 1 | H2H Record | 1 – 1 |
| 12 – 8 | YTD Record on Clay | 2 – 4 |
Key Stats
Anna Schmiedlova
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova has got to be licking her chops to get on the Roland Garros court for this first-round clash with Boulter. I guarantee that the Slovakian native is laughing at the underdog tag on clay against a Brit with barely any experience on clay.
Anna has a career record of 166-100 on clay including the run to the Parma Challenger title this season.
With six ITF / Challenger titles on clay and a pair at the WTA level, Schmiedlova will come out guns a-blazing to prove that clay is her surface!
Schmiedlova is ranked 36 spots behind 34th-ranked Boulter at 70th in the world, and that will be a non-factor because the clay will be the difference-maker in Paris.
Katie Boulter
Katie Boulter has only played 6 matches on clay this season and outside of the semifinal run to the WTA60 Charlottesville semis, the Brit is 1 – 3 at Roland Garros in her career. Katie won a pair of Paris Challenger matches before getting ousted in the quarters and that about covers any success on clay.
Ranked 34th in the World, Boulter has a record of 6-7 on clay but is 21-8 on hardcourts and grass this season.
Anyone who follows the WTA Tour knows that grass is the surface that Katie knows best. Katie banged home a second consecutive title in Nottingham this year with an 8-3 record on grass but success on clay has eluded the Leicestershire native.
Being favored on clay is not a usual circumstance, and at the Olympics, there is just as much pressure to win as there could be in a Major such as Wimbledon or the French Open. Considering we are on the grounds of Roland Garros, Katie hasn’t performed well here on the big stage in Paris.
Prediction
If the Anna Schmiedlova vs Katie Boulter match were being played in the UK on grass Katie Boulter would be the play to make. If the Olympics were in London and this event was at Wimbledon, Boulter would likely be -150 and I’d put the -2.5 games on the board for her to cover the spread.
We’re not on grass today and Boulter isn’t built for clay. With a career record of 6 – 7 on the dirt, Katie was 2 – 4 in her 6 appearances in clay tournaments this season
With those 8 career titles on clay of experience to rely on, the difference is the surface so the play goes to Shcmiedlova to provide the moderate upset in the opening round of the 2024 Summer Olympics Tennis Tournament.
Final Pick
Anna Schmiedlova Moneyline (+105)
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