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Emma Raducanu vs. Wang Xinyu Head to Head Record, Prediction and Betting Odds for French Open 2025 Round 1

Emma Raducanu gets her French Open underway with a round 1 clash against Wang Xinyu

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After a gruelling clay-court season, the biggest tournament on this surface has finally gotten underway. Today, the French Open continues with more round 1 matchups and we have an exciting on our hands with former US Open winner Emma Raducan taking on Wang Xinyu for a place in the second round at this year’s Roland Garros.

Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu Preview

Raducanu enters this year’s French Open with mixed results on clay. She began her clay swing at the Madrid Open, where she lost in the round of 64. Raducanu was looking to make a deeper run in Rome, however, she lost in the round of 16 to number 4 seed Coco Gauff without putting up much of a fight.

Entering Strasbourg as her final tune-up for Roland Garros, Raducanu again made an early exit, falling to Danielle Collins after winning the first set. Her best result this year has come in Miami, where she made it to the quarter-finals.

Xinyu herself is not having the best of times out on the clay so far. She made back-to-back first-round exits at both the Madrid Open and the Italian Open before making it to the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 event in Parma.

However, Strasbourg was yet another disappointment as she crashed out in her second-round match. A semi-final run in Singapore earlier this year remains her best result to date in 2025.

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Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu Head-to-Head Record

Emma Raducanu and Wang Xinyu have played each other only once before today’s match. The pair’s first meeting was in 2021 on the hard courts of the Linz Open in Austria, which went the way of the Chinese following a tough three-set battle that lasted nearly 2 hours and 36 minutes.

Year	Event	Round	Winner	Score
2021	Linz Open, Austria	Round of 16	Wang Xinyu	6-1, 6-7, 7-5

Emma Raducanu on her back injury

“It’s not feeling 100%. I had a spasm in Strasbourg, and just been trying to manage it as best as I can, doing treatment. Been on the practice court last night and this morning. It felt ok, but obviously it’s different playing a match…”

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— TennisONE App (@TennisONEApp) May 25, 2025

Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu Career Comparison

Currently ranked number 41 and 43 respectively, the former US Open winner, Raducanu, has been ranked as high as number 10 in the world. As for Xinyu, her career-best ranking is 32, which she achieved in October 2023.

Raducan’s only title at this level is her US Open win back in 2021, while Xinyu has yet to win a title as of yet. Raducanu will be participating in the French Open only for the second time, with her previous result being a round of 64 exit in 2022. As for Xinyu, she has made it to the round of 32 in both of the previous two years.

Emma Raducanu	Category	Wang Xinyu
41	Ranking	43
131-72	Career W-L	239-168
12-10	YTD W-L	10-12
1	Career Titles	0
1	Grand Slams	0
0	YTD Titles	0

Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu French Open 2025 Prediction

Both players have not been able to prove themselves on on clya this year, and neither has made it to a final at any event, so we can expect a tough encounter once again.

Raducanu has won 63% of her service games and saved 54.9% break points, while converting on 54.4% of her break point opportunities. On the other hand, Xinyu has won 69.3% of her service games and has saved 62.1% of break point chances. However, her return stats are not so great, having won just 22% of her return games and having a low win percentage of 31.5% on first serve points.

If Raducan can serve well and make the most of her chances to break, she should be able to pull off the victory. Expect a tactical, back-and-forth match that could go either way, but the slight edge lies with Raducanu. However, if Raducanu continues to struggle from her recent back injury, the story of this match could turn out differently.

Prediction: Raducanu in straight sets

Emma Raducanu vs Wang Xinyu French Open 2025 Betting Odds

As per the betting odds, Raducanu is expected to win this match, while Xinyu has been pegged as the underdog. This is largely in part because of her lack of success in return games, making it more difficult to gain the upper hand in matches.

Emma Raducanu Win: 4/11

Wang Xinyu Win: 41/20

(According to BetMGM)

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