Hamburg Predictions & Picks — July 23, 2026

A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Elina Avanesyan goes up against Yulia Putintseva in the Hamburg round of 16. Yulia Putintseva comes in at 6 wins from the last ten. Elina Avanesyan is 6-4 across recent matches.

Yulia Putintseva leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one.

Yulia Putintseva is clearly higher-rated on clay — our number puts Putintseva around 72%. Putintseva should have enough here, though Avanesyan has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.

Leyre Romero Gormaz and Oleksandra Oliynykova meet in the round of 16 at Hamburg on Thursday. Oleksandra Oliynykova is 6-4 across recent matches. Leyre Romero Gormaz is 8-2 across recent matches.

This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.

On paper it's close: comparable ratings, comparable serve numbers, small margins everywhere. Little separates them; Oliynykova gets the nod on the finest of margins.

Thursday's Hamburg round of 16 pits Elsa Jacquemot against Mayar Sherif on clay. Mayar Sherif is rolling — 9 straight wins, 9 of 10 in recent play. Elsa Jacquemot is 3-7 across recent matches.

There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.

Mayar Sherif simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Jacquemot comes in off a compressed schedule; Sherif comes in off a compressed schedule. Jacquemot needs several things to break right at once; the percentages say they usually don't.

A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Panna Udvardy goes up against Paula Badosa in the Hamburg round of 16. Paula Badosa has won 9 in a row and 9 of the last 10 overall. Panna Udvardy comes in at 4 wins from the last ten.

Paula Badosa has had the better of this rivalry, winning 1 of 1 against Panna Udvardy. On clay specifically it reads 1-0 Badosa — worth more than the overall number this week.

Badosa's 65.2% behind the first serve (against 61.9% for Udvardy) means break chances should be scarce in one direction. Badosa comes in off a compressed schedule. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Badosa is exactly that — a lean.