Pegula earned her first Top-10 win of 2025 vs Navarro.
Top seed Jessica Pegula resumes her bid for a third title in 2025, as she takes on Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic in the Bad Homburg Open semifinal on Friday. Both players have entered the final four stage for the first time since April. The winner of this high stakes encounter will face either Iga Swiatek or Jasmine Paolini in the final.
World No. 3 Jessica Pegula captured her maiden grass court trophy at Berlin last year. However, she lost in the opening match of her title retention campaign in three tight sets. She holds a 31-12 record so far, including two titles at Austin and Charleston. On grass, Pegula wins nearly 79% service games and converts 25% break point opportunities. She defeated Siniakova and Navarro en route to the semis.
With a confidence boosting win over the supremely talented Mirra Andreeva, World No. 3 Linda Noskova earned her ninth career Top-10 win in the quarterfinal here at Bad Homburg. Czechia’s title hope is hunting for her first championship run in 2025 – with a season-best semifinal finish in Abu Dhabi and Bad Homburg. She has an impressive 89% win percentage in service games on this surface.
Linda Noskova leads the head-to-head against Jessica Pegula by 1-0. Their only previous contest took place earlier in 2025.
Noskova and Pegula battled it out in the Round of 16 at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. The 20-year-old thrashed Pegula in straight sets to advance to the last eight. This will be their first meeting on grass.
| Event | Round | Winner | Score |
| 2025 Dubai | Round of 16 | Linda Noskova | 6-3 7-6(8) |
| Jessica Pegula | Category | Linda Noskova |
| 0 | Grand Slams | 0 |
| 8 | WTA Singles Titles | 1 |
| 7 | WTA Doubles Titles | 0 |
| 3 | WTA-1000 Titles | 0 |
| R2 (Paris 2024) | Olympics Best Performances | R1 (Paris 2024) |
| No. 3 | Current World Ranking | No. 30 |
The American has been finding a good range on her groundstrokes, and her fearless attitude of hitting through the line is working at the moment. She arguably has the better court coverage of the two players. A lot will depend on whether or not Pegula can muster the patience to dismantle Noskova gradually, and not go for something too big too soon.
Prediction: Jessica Pegula in three sets.
Jessica Pegula gets past Emma Navarro in three sets to reach the semis in Bad Homburg. pic.twitter.com/THYCtKGRMC
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According to the implied probability on the money line, Jessica Pegula has a 55% chance of emerging victorious. The market is predicting an extremely close encounter, with barely anything to separate the two competitors. Here are the result odds (as per BetMGM):
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The match-specific odds have also received favourable odds for several scenarios. It is likely to enter a deciding set, and could be determined by a few defining moments. Here are the odds (as per BetMGM):
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