Paula Badosa and Aryna Sabalenka will play for the second time this year with this showdown at the 2024 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix their third at the event as well.
Badosa and Sabalenka are very good friends both on and off the court. They have shared the court together in Stuttgart before, both in singles and doubles, and they will share it again.
The draw made sure that fans in Stuttgart would see a pretty strange coincidence because it paired them up again. They played against each other last year and even the year before, so it will be the third year in a row that they're playing against each other at the WTA 500 event in Stuttgart.
It's an interesting match because they know each other well. This ensures that the matches are pretty close and quite exciting, which is great news for both. It's also Sabalenka's first match on European clay, which should be interesting as well.
Head-to-head:
The Spaniard and the Belarusian have played five times so far, two of which happened in Stuttgart. Both times, it was Sabalenka who won, and most assume that she will do so again.
She's actually leading the H2H so far, 3-2, and she won the most recent match between them at the Miami Open. The conditions in Stuttgart favour her tremendously because of her powerful serve, as it's an indoor event, and her results prove it.
She made the final in the past three years, losing to Ashleigh Barty in 2021 and Iga Swiatek in 2022 and 2023.
| Aryna Sabalenka | Paula Badosa | |
| 3 | H2H | 2 |
| 2 | Rank | 93 |
| 25 | Age | 26 |
| 14-4 | 2024 W/L | 6-7 |
| 374-178 | Career W/L | 330-188 |
Prediction:
Sabalenka is the better player. She might not enjoy clay as much as Badosa does, but Stuttgart is a unique event, and she's proven to be very comfortable in the German city.
Prediction: Aryna Sabalenka to win in two sets.
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