Anastasia Potapova vs Emma Raducanu predictions, Jan 20, 2026

Yuriy Borshchenko

8 months ago

WTA Australian Open, on Tuesday, 7:00 pm ET

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As the WTA Australian Open draws near, tennis fans are set for an intriguing matchup between Anastasia Potapova and Emma Raducanu. Scheduled for January 20, 2026, this clash will see Potapova competing on home soil, which may provide her with a psychological edge.

Both players have demonstrated a mixed bag of recent form, each securing 2 wins in their last 5 matches. Potapova, known for her aggressive baseline game and powerful groundstrokes, will need to capitalize on her home advantage to gain momentum early in the match. In contrast, Raducanu brings a blend of finesse and strategic shot-making, often excelling in high-pressure situations, which has been pivotal in her previous encounters.

Current bookmakers have set the odds at 2.94 for Potapova as the home player and 1.4 for Raducanu as the favorite. Statistical models suggest a probability of 35.1% for a Potapova victory and 64.9% for Raducanu, indicating that while Raducanu is favored, the match could still yield surprises.

In conclusion, the upcoming battle promises a blend of tactical prowess and competitive spirit, making it a must-watch for tennis enthusiasts, though no outcomes can be guaranteed in the unpredictable realm of sports.

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Potapova
29.8%

Raducanu
70.2%

Prediction (the most likely score): 0:2

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3.2	1.35
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3.19	1.35
3.14	1.35

Latest Results

18.01.26 Suzan Lamens – Anastasia Potapova – 1:2
12.01.26 Kimberly Birrell – Anastasia Potapova – 2:0
10.01.26 Jaqueline Adina Cristian – Anastasia Potapova – 2:0
09.01.26 Xiaodi You – Anastasia Potapova – 0:2
05.01.26 Diana Shnaider – Anastasia Potapova – 2:0

18.01.26 Mananchaya Sawangkaew – Emma Raducanu – 0:2
15.01.26 Emma Raducanu – Taylah Preston – 0:2
14.01.26 Emma Raducanu – Magdalena Frech – Raducanu E. walkover
13.01.26 Emma Raducanu – Maria Camila Osorio Serrano – 2:0
05.01.26 Emma Raducanu – Maria Sakkari – 1:2

Facts

Potapova is ranked WTA: 54. Raducanu is ranked WTA: 29.

Both players are showing inconsistent performances lately.

Raducanu may face physical challenges compared to their opponent, as they have played more matches in recent days.

In this match, Raducanu is considered a favorite.

The players have not played against each other recently.

Standings

Draw

Singles – Main

1/64-finals

1	Sabalenka A. (1)	Rakotomanga Rajaonah T. (WC)	2 : 0
2	Pavlyuchenkova A.	Bai Z. (Q)	1 : 2
3	Lamens S.	Potapova A.	1 : 2
4	Sawangkaew M.	Raducanu E. (28)	0 : 2
5	Mboko V. (17)	Jones E. (WC)
6	McNally C.	Sakatsume H. (Q)	2 : 0
7	Kudermetova P.	Maristany G. (Q)	2 : 0
8	Galfi D.	Tauson C. (14)
9	Alexandrova E. (11)	Sonmez Z. (Q)	1 : 2
10	Bondar A.	Mandlik E. (WC)
11	Putintseva Y.	Haddad Maia B.	2 : 1
12	Jacquemot E.	Kostyuk M. (20)	2 : 1
13	Jovic I. (29)	Volynets K.
14	Hon P. (WC)	Stakusic M. (Q)
15	Erjavec V.	Frech M.
16	Sasnovich A. (Q)	Paolini J. (7)	0 : 2
17	Gauff C. (3)	Rakhimova K.
18	Danilovic O.	Williams V. (WC)	2 : 1
19	Hunter S. (Q)	Bouzas Maneiro J.
20	Baptiste H.	Townsend T. (LL)	2 : 1
21	Muchova K. (19)	Cristian J.
22	Parks A.	Eala A.
23	Li A.	Osorio C.
24	Linette M.	Navarro E. (15)
25	Svitolina E. (12)	Bucsa C.	2 : 0
26	Klimovicova L. (Q)	Jones F.
27	Gibson T. (WC)	Blinkova A.	2 : 0
28	Krejcikova B.	Shnaider D. (23)
29	Yastremska D. (26)	Ruse G.	0 : 2
30	Starodubtseva Y. (Q)	Tomljanovic A.
31	Sakkari M.	Jeanjean L.	2 : 0
32	Vekic D.	Andreeva M. (8)
33	Pegula J. (6)	Zakharova A.
34	Arango E.	Kessler M.
35	Selekhmeteva O.	Seidel E.
36	Diyas Z. (WC)	Badosa P. (25)
37	Fernandez L. (22)	Tjen J.
38	Pliskova Ka.	Stephens S. (Q)
39	Krueger A.	Bejlek S.
40	Oliynykova O.	Keys M. (9)
41	Noskova L. (13)	Semenistaja D.
42	Zhang S.	Preston T. (WC)
43	Wang Xin.	Kalinina A. (Q)
44	Sramkova R.	Ostapenko J. (24)
45	Kenin S. (27)	Stearns P.
46	Marcinko P.	Maria T.
47	Udvardy P.	Siniakova K.
48	Waltert S.	Anisimova A. (4)
49	Rybakina E. (5)	Juvan K.
50	Gracheva V.	Golubic V.
51	Sun L.	Fruhvirtova L. (Q)
52	Valentova T.	Joint M. (30)
53	Mertens E. (21)	Tararudee L. (Q)
54	Sierra S.	Uchijima M.
55	Kasatkina D.	Bartunkova N. (Q)
56	Boulter K.	Bencic B. (10)
57	Osaka N. (16)	Ruzic A.
58	Cirstea S.	Lys E.
59	Inglis M. (Q)	Birrell K.
60	Siegemund L.	Samsonova L. (18)
61	Kalinskaya A. (31)	Kartal S.
62	Grabher J.	Cocciaretto E.
63	Zarazua R.	Bouzkova M.
64	Yuan Y. (Q)	Swiatek I. (2)

1/32-finals

1	Sabalenka A. (1)	Bai Z.
2	Potapova A.	Raducanu E. (28)
3	TBD #5	McNally C.
4	Kudermetova P.	TBD #8
5	Sonmez Z.	TBD #10
6	Putintseva Y.	Jacquemot E.
7	TBD #13	TBD #14
8	TBD #15	Paolini J. (7)
9	TBD #17	Danilovic O.
10	TBD #19	Baptiste H.
11	TBD #21	TBD #22
12	TBD #23	TBD #24
13	Svitolina E. (12)	TBD #26
14	Gibson T.	TBD #28
15	Ruse G.	TBD #30
16	Sakkari M.	TBD #32
17	TBD #33	TBD #34
18	TBD #35	TBD #36
19	TBD #37	TBD #38
20	TBD #39	TBD #40
21	TBD #41	TBD #42
22	TBD #43	TBD #44
23	TBD #45	TBD #46
24	TBD #47	TBD #48
25	TBD #49	TBD #50
26	TBD #51	TBD #52
27	TBD #53	TBD #54
28	TBD #55	TBD #56
29	TBD #57	TBD #58
30	TBD #59	TBD #60
31	TBD #61	TBD #62
32	TBD #63	TBD #64

1/16-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4
3	TBD #5	TBD #6
4	TBD #7	TBD #8
5	TBD #9	TBD #10
6	TBD #11	TBD #12
7	TBD #13	TBD #14
8	TBD #15	TBD #16
9	TBD #17	TBD #18
10	TBD #19	TBD #20
11	TBD #21	TBD #22
12	TBD #23	TBD #24
13	TBD #25	TBD #26
14	TBD #27	TBD #28
15	TBD #29	TBD #30
16	TBD #31	TBD #32

1/8-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4
3	TBD #5	TBD #6
4	TBD #7	TBD #8
5	TBD #9	TBD #10
6	TBD #11	TBD #12
7	TBD #13	TBD #14
8	TBD #15	TBD #16

Quarter-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4
3	TBD #5	TBD #6
4	TBD #7	TBD #8

Semi-finals

1	TBD #1	TBD #2
2	TBD #3	TBD #4

Final

TBD #1

TBD #2

WTA Australian Open Outrights

1. Sabalenka Aryna: 2.58 (20.13%)

2. Rybakina Elena: 7 (7.42%)

3. Swiatek Iga: 7 (7.42%)

4. Anisimova Amanda: 8 (6.49%)

5. Gauff Coco: 8.1 (6.41%)

6. Andreeva Mirra: 13.4 (3.88%)

7. Osaka Naomi: 23 (2.26%)

8. Paolini Jasmine: 29 (1.79%)

9. Keys Madison: 29 (1.79%)

10. Bencic Belinda: 34 (1.53%)

11. Pegula Jessica: 34 (1.53%)

12. Mboko Victoria: 34 (1.53%)

13. Muchova Karolina: 41 (1.27%)

14. Svitolina Elina: 50.2 (1.03%)

15. Raducanu Emma: 65.4 (0.79%)

16. Samsonova Liudmila: 65.4 (0.79%)

17. Shnaider Diana: 80.2 (0.65%)

18. Noskova Linda: 80.2 (0.65%)

19. Badosa Paula: 80.2 (0.65%)

20. Lamens Suzan: 100 (0.52%)

21. Vondrousova Marketa: 100 (0.52%)

22. Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia: 100 (0.52%)

23. Sawangkaew Mananchaya: 100 (0.52%)

24. Williams Venus: 100 (0.52%)

25. Jones Emerson: 100 (0.52%)

26. Wang Xinyuan: 100 (0.52%)

27. Eala Alexandra: 100.2 (0.52%)

28. Krejcikova Barbora: 105.2 (0.49%)

29. Jovic Iva: 105.2 (0.49%)

30. Fernandez Leylah: 105.2 (0.49%)

31. Navarro Emma: 110.2 (0.47%)

32. Tauson Clara: 110.2 (0.47%)

33. Mertens Elise: 120.2 (0.43%)

34. Valentova Tereza: 130.2 (0.4%)

35. Sakkari Maria: 130.2 (0.4%)

36. Kalinskaya Anna: 130.2 (0.4%)

37. Lys Eva: 140.2 (0.37%)

38. Kenin Sofia: 150.2 (0.35%)

39. Siniakova Katerina: 160.2 (0.32%)

40. Parks Alycia: 180.2 (0.29%)

41. Sramkova Rebecca: 180.2 (0.29%)

42. Cocciaretto Elisabetta: 180.2 (0.29%)

43. Gibson Talia: 180.2 (0.29%)

44. Cristian Jaqueline: 180.2 (0.29%)

45. Bondar Anna: 180.2 (0.29%)

46. Semenistaja Darja: 180.2 (0.29%)

47. Joint Maya: 180.2 (0.29%)

48. Potapova Anastasia: 180.2 (0.29%)

49. Arango Emiliana: 180.2 (0.29%)

50. Volynets Katie: 180.2 (0.29%)

51. Zhang Shuai: 180.2 (0.29%)

52. Cirstea Sorana: 180.2 (0.29%)

53. Ruse Elena Gabriela: 180.2 (0.29%)

54. Galfi Dalma: 180.2 (0.29%)

55. Gracheva Varvara: 180.2 (0.29%)

56. Seidel Ella: 180.2 (0.29%)

57. Ruzic Antonia: 180.2 (0.29%)

58. Jacquemot Elsa: 180.2 (0.29%)

59. Linette Magda: 180.2 (0.29%)

60. Kartal Sonay: 180.2 (0.29%)

61. Frech Magdalena: 180.2 (0.29%)

62. Bouzkova Marie: 180.2 (0.29%)

63. Pliskova Karolina: 180.2 (0.29%)

64. Stearns Peyton: 180.2 (0.29%)

65. Selekhmeteva Oksana: 180.2 (0.29%)

66. Tomljanovic Ajla: 180.2 (0.29%)

67. Preston Taylah: 180.2 (0.29%)

68. Putintseva Yulia: 180.2 (0.29%)

69. Tjen Janice: 180.2 (0.29%)

70. Bouzas Maneiro Jessica: 180.2 (0.29%)

71. Hon Priscilla: 180.2 (0.29%)

72. Osorio Camila: 180.2 (0.29%)

73. Sun Lulu: 180.2 (0.29%)

74. Sierra Solana: 180.2 (0.29%)

75. Kessler McCartney: 180.2 (0.29%)

76. Ostapenko Jelena: 180.2 (0.29%)

77. Boulter Katie: 180.2 (0.29%)

78. Baptiste Hailey: 180.2 (0.29%)

79. Grabher Julia: 180.2 (0.29%)

80. Juvan Kaja: 180.2 (0.29%)

81. Rakhimova Kamilla: 180.2 (0.29%)

82. Birrell Kimberly: 180.2 (0.29%)

83. Siegemund Laura: 180.2 (0.29%)

84. Udvardy Panna: 180.2 (0.29%)

85. Li Ann: 180.2 (0.29%)

86. Zarazua Renata: 180.2 (0.29%)

87. Bejlek Sara: 180.2 (0.29%)

88. Waltert Simona: 180.2 (0.29%)

89. Maria Tatjana: 180.2 (0.29%)

90. Uchijima Moyuka: 180.2 (0.29%)

91. Oliynykova Oleksandra: 180.2 (0.29%)

92. Krueger Ashlyn: 180.2 (0.29%)

93. McNally Caty: 180.2 (0.29%)

94. Jones Francesca: 180.2 (0.29%)

95. Mandlik Elizabeth: 180.2 (0.29%)

96. Kasatkina Daria: 180.2 (0.29%)

97. Marcinko Petra: 180.2 (0.29%)

98. Kudermetova Polina: 180.2 (0.29%)

99. Danilovic Olga: 180.2 (0.29%)

100. Vekic Donna: 180.2 (0.29%)

101. Golubic Viktorija: 180.2 (0.29%)

102. Diyas Zarina: 180.2 (0.29%)

103. Stephens Sloane: 180.2 (0.29%)

104. Kalinina Anhelina: 180.2 (0.29%)

105. Fruhvirtova Linda: 180.2 (0.29%)

106. Starodubtseva Yuliia: 180.2 (0.29%)

107. Stakusic Marina: 180.2 (0.29%)

108. Zakharova Anastasia: 180.2 (0.29%)

109. Inglis Maddison: 180.2 (0.29%)

110. Sonmez Zeynep: 180.2 (0.29%)

111. Erjavec Veronika: 180.2 (0.29%)

112. Yuan Yue (1998): 180.2 (0.29%)

113. Bartunkova Nikola: 180.2 (0.29%)

114. Tararudee Lanlana: 180.2 (0.29%)

115. Hunter Storm: 180.2 (0.29%)

116. Klimovicova Linda: 180.2 (0.29%)

117. Bai Zhuoxuan: 180.2 (0.29%)

118. Wang Xinyu (2001): 200.25 (0.26%)

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