Magda Linette vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto Prediction, H2H - 2/24/25

We’re headed to Mexico for the first round of the Merida Open where Magda Linette will face Elisabetta Cocciaretto to kick off this WTA500 event.

Neither player has been in good form this season with losing records headed into Mexico. The Polska native arrives as the slight favorite to advance to the second round with -125 odds.

EJ Garr’s Magda Linette vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto prediction features odds at -111 which can be found below.

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Magda Linette vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto WTA Merida Open Prediction: A Comedy of Errors

• Prediction: Magda Linette -1 Game
• Best Odds: -111
• Bookmaker: Pinnacle
• Stakes: 3/10

Odds as of 7:00 am UK Time on February 24, 2025. Odds may now differ.

Are you ready for an ugly outing between Linette and Cocciaretto? 

Buckle up for one long afternoon of unforced errors and mistakes, but luckily, the game count will fly and lead to a three-set nightmare!

I don’t usually refer to three-set affairs as nightmares, but wait until you see the final stats for this first-round clash when it is over. 

With a mere -125 listed for Linette to advance to the next stage of this WTA500 event in Mexico, I imagine some action will go toward the Polska native to advance. 

Nothing about Cocciaretto’s game should poise the line setters to call for an even battle, but maybe it is because they have played well against each other. Both of their meetings have gone through three sets. 

The Italian finally earned two victories in Cluj to start the month, but since the loss to compatriot Lucia Bronzetti Cocciaretto has taken the last 3 weeks off. 

I will reduce the juice and settle for the -111 odds on Linette to cover the marginal -1 game handicap. I am not a fan of -125 odds or higher, and this line might inflate as we get closer to the coin flipping.

I have zero confidence in Cocciaretto to achieve anything in this tournament, and Linette will be the one to slide into the second round. I find it odd that William Hill is posting +170 for a straight-sets win for the Polska native. 

I’ll take Linette to cover the -1 and somehow we see ugly enough tennis to get to a third set to push the Polska native through to the next stage.

MAGDA LINETTE RECENT FORM

Magda Linette starts the week ranked 37th on the WTA Tour and  is 5 – 6 in 2025 

Linette’s signature win this season came against her fellow Polska native Magda Frech in Doha. The Polska native hasn’t strung more than two wins together in 2025, and the 33-year-old hasn’t pieced a three-game win streak since Wuhan last October.

ELISABETTA COCCIARETTO RECENT FORM

Elisabetta Cocciaretto started the season by getting knocked out of her first three events in the first round. After starting 0 – 3, the Italian native earned wins against Irina Begu and Ana Bogdan in Cluj before losing to Bronzetti. The Italian lost her last three outings of the 2024 campaign bringing the losing streak to 6 games before the two wins in Romania.

Cocciaretto is ranked 57th on the WTA Tour and is following up a 27 – 25 campaign in 2024. 

LINETTE VS COCCIARETTO HTH –  STAT OF THE MATCH

Magda Linette and Elisabetta Cocciaretto have met twice on the WTA Tour since 2022.

In Tampico, Mexico during the 2022 campaign, Cocciaretto defeated Linette in the finals to hoist the tournament hardware.

Last season on the clay of Madrid, Linette exacted revenge with a three-set win in the first round.

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