🎾 Charleston WTA: Volynets vs Sebov – Match Preview

🎾 Charleston WTA: Volynets vs Sebov – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🟨 Katie Volynets

• 📉 Sluggish 2025: Only 7 wins in 8 tournaments, with most success coming in qualifying rounds.
• 📈 Fast start faded: Opened the season with a QF in Auckland but hasn’t won a main draw match since Abu Dhabi in February.
• 🧊 Cold streak: Currently on a four-match losing run, including losses to Andreeva, Krueger, and Eala.
• 📍 Charleston familiarity: Beat Sebov here in qualifying last year, 6-3, 6-2.

🟥 Katherine Sebov

• 🩼 Injury struggles: Retired or gave walkovers in four events during 2024, contributing to a 200+ ranking drop.
• 🏆 US clay bounceback: Won W35 Naples and reached QF in W75 Vero Beach earlier this year.
• 📈 Charleston qualifier: Beat both opponents in straight sets to reach the main draw again.
• 📚 Charleston highlight: Defeated Lauren Davis in 2023 for her third WTA main draw win.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Volynets is the higher-ranked player and has the head-to-head edge, but her current form is a major concern. Sebov, while far outside the top 200, comes in with more recent confidence and rhythm on clay after success in lower-tier events and qualifying here.

Volynets is solid from the baseline but has struggled to close out matches lately. Sebov may try to disrupt her rhythm with variety and early aggression, but her fitness and durability remain question marks.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Volynets in 3 sets

Sebov could be dangerous early, especially with her recent form on clay, but Volynets’ overall consistency and prior win on this court should help her pull through—if she can manage nerves and avoid lapses.