Romanian wildcard entrant Simona Halep will take on the 66th-ranked Lucia Bronzetti in the first round of the 2025 WTA Transylvania Open which will be played on Monday, February 3. Get all the Simona Halep v Lucia Bronzetti predictions, betting tips and odds for this encounter in the section below.
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Simona Halep v Lucia Bronzetti Head to Head
Halep and Bronzetti have never faced off in a competitive match before this.
Halep Looking to Come Back Stronger
Simona Halep was out of action through the entire 2023 season and for most part of 2024 as she waited on the result of her court case for a doping allegation. In the end, she was allowed to return to the sport and has been in action since last October.
She won a round at the WTA Hong Kong but since then has lost both her WTA level matches. And as a part of her pre-season preparation, Halep was a part of the World Tennis League competition where she went down to Elena Rybakina.
A finalist at this competition in 2021, Halep has never played here again and hasn’t played a match otherwise either in 2025 too.
She will kick-start her season with this encounter and will hope she can make a winning start as she looks to improve her 868th rank in the world.
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Bronzetti Surprises Azarenka Amidst Other Poor Results
On the one hand, Lucia Bronzetti has a win under her belt against a former Grand Slam winner in the form of Victoria Azarenka, whom she defeated in the first round at the Australian Open.
On the other, she has had some very poor results go her way.
Bronzetti was sent packing in the first round of the Auckland Open, failed to make a direct qualification at Hobart but then lost her opener there as a lucky loser and then lost back to back matches in Melbourne and Linz.
Some of these losses were probably on expected lines – losing to Madison Keys, for instance, is no shame given the kind of form the Australian Open champion is in but there have been other defeats at the hands of Greet Minnen, Renata Zarazua and Jaqueline Cristian.
Things could get a lot tougher if her opponent can get going quickly.
Halep v Bronzetti Prediction
Halep starts off a 4/5 favourite and while she hasn’t played a lot of tennis in recent times, there’s enough evidence to suggest that she shouldn’t have any issues getting past players outside the top 50, especially those who are themselves in poor form.
Halep v Bronzetti Tips
- Halep to win: 4/5
- Over 20.5 games in the match: 8/13
