Boulter took out 9th seed Badosa in Round-1.
After causing a massive upset in the opening round, home favourite Katie Boulter returns for Round of 64 action at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. The Briton will take on lucky loser Solana Sierra of Argentina, who benefited from Greet Minnen’s withdrawal after losing in qualifying. The winner of this match will take on either Donna Vekic or Cristina Bucsa in the third round.
Katie Boulter produced a refined effort to down the No. 9 seed Paula Badosa 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the Round of 128. The 28-year-old has been playing some fine tennis in this grass court campaign. She has a 4-2 record on the surface ahead of this match, winning over 71% service games. With two more wins, Boulter will be able to better her career-best performance at Wimbledon. She is searching for her first singles title of 2025, and fourth overall.
Solana Sierra fell short in the final round of qualifying, before entering the main draw as a lucky loser. She edged past Olivia Gadecki of Australia in straight sets to book her spot in the Round of 64. Sierra wins close to 80% service games on this surface, and also converts an impressive 44.4% break point opportunities. The World No. 101’s most recent tour-level match before Wimbledon was a Round-1 loss to Yulia Putintseva at the French Open.
Boulter and Sierra have a current head-to-head score of 0-0 on the WTA Tour. The Round-2 encounter at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships will be their debut face-off against one another.
After a random draw decided who filled in for injured players, rising star Solana Sierra was one of two players to net an unexpected £99,000 jackpot ⬇️#Wimbledon https://t.co/siigvxqzuX
— Times Sport (@TimesSport) July 1, 2025
| Katie Boulter | Category | Solana Sierra |
| 0 | Grand Slams | 0 |
| 3 | WTA Singles Titles | 0 |
| 0 | WTA Doubles Titles | 0 |
| 0 | WTA-1000 Titles | 0 |
| R1 (Paris 2024) | Olympics Best Performance | – |
| No. 43 | Current World Ranking | No. 101 |
Just me, Centre court @Wimbledon , and all the feels 🥹✨ pic.twitter.com/iVpmPAiE47
— Katie Boulter (@katiecboulter) July 1, 2025
Sierra has the stroke-making ability to trouble some of the top players. However, she lacks the finishing punch to win cheap points. On the other hand, Boulter is an expert at winning baseline exchanges and spreading out the dimensions of the court. While her weakness lies in her ability to handle the net game, the Brit should prevail in this Round of 64 over an inexperienced opponent.
Prediction: Katie Boulter in straight sets.
Katie Boulter is a heavy favourite in this match, according to the betting market. She has double the likelihood of progressing to the Round of 32 in comparison to the underdog Solana Sierra. Here are the odds for the result (as per BetMGM):
According to the pre-match probability on the money line, Boulter has an estimated 81% chance of beating Sierra in straight sets. Here are the in-match odds (as per BetMGM):
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