🎾 WTA Charleston: Gadecki vs Baptiste – Match Preview

🎾 WTA Charleston: Gadecki vs Baptiste – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🟩 Hailey Baptiste

• 🚀 Climbing the ranks: Strong 2024 form with wins over Danilovic, Kasatkina, and a QF in Auckland.
• 🛑 Rested & ready: Skipped Puerto Vallarta to recharge after the Sunshine Swing—smart scheduling ahead of clay season.
• 📍 Charleston veteran: Making her fourth appearance at the Credit One Open, with three straight R2 finishes.
• 🏃‍♀️ In her element: Athletic, aggressive, and ready to shine on green clay at home.

🟥 Olivia Gadecki

• 🔻 Tough start to 2025: Has lost 9 of her last 10 matches, struggling to find rhythm.
• 🌟 2023 success fading: Strong results last year have been hard to replicate in 2024.
• 🧱 Clay challenges: Game better suited to hard courts—Charleston’s slower surface may not play to her strengths.
• 👀 Debut in Charleston: First main draw appearance at the Credit One Open, facing a tough test.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Baptiste is in control here—her explosive forehand, athleticism, and home-court confidence give her a major advantage. Her form, especially against top-tier players, suggests she’s ready to break through to the later rounds in Charleston.

Gadecki’s flat-hitting style may earn her quick points, but without rhythm or recent wins, her confidence may falter if Baptiste applies early scoreboard pressure. On clay, Baptiste’s legs and consistency should wear her down over time.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Baptiste in straight sets

Unless Gadecki drastically raises her level, expect the American to dominate with her all-court game and physical edge on a surface she enjoys.