18-year-old prodigy on her way to her first Grand Slam title?

Mirra Andreeva celebrated her 18th birthday just over two months ago. Nevertheless, the young Russian could now reach the Grand Slam semi-finals for the second time in her career. In the quarterfinals of the women’s competition at Wimbledon 2025, she now faces a much more experienced opponent, who is also playing a strong tournament and wants to continue her winning streak. In the following paragraphs, you will find out why we think the prodigy from Krasnoyarsk is the better bet between Andreeva and Bencic.

In the tournament so far, the current world number seven has not put a foot wrong. All four of her victories have been celebrated without losing a set. In fact, the top talent from Eastern Europe has only dropped more than three games in one of the eight sets she has played. The right-hander dominated at will and is brimming with confidence after a strong season so far.

Mirra Andreeva – Statistics & current form

Despite all her ambition and sporting hype, Mirra Andreeva has not lost her grounding at such a young age. The Russian, who sometimes seems a little scatterbrained, revealed after her two-set victory over Emma Navarro in the round of 16 that she had noticed tennis legend Roger Federer sitting in the audience with his wife during the match. However, believing that she would lose her focus if she looked up at her idol in the Federer box, she skillfully ignored his presence. This in turn meant that the 18-year-old didn’t even celebrate after converting her match point on her center court debut at Wimbledon. But not because she wasn’t happy, but because the fully focused Andreeva didn’t know that the match was over. Wonderfully refreshing and likeable!

Andreeva is playing a great Wimbledon tournament so far

In terms of tennis, the seventh-ranked player in the WTA world rankings has also gained many fans and silenced critics in the first week of the tennis classic in London. After a disappointing preparation on grass with two defeats in three matches in Berlin and Bad Homburg, the protégé of former world-class player Conchita Martinez seems to have found her form just in time for the third Grand Slam tournament of the year.

In the first four rounds, the prodigy, who has already won two (!) Masters tournaments this season and reached a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time at the French Open in 2024, did not drop a single set. Better still, only Lucia Bronzetti in the second round has so far been able to win more than three games in a set against the top talent from Krasnoyarsk. In the round of 16 against the American Navarro, Andreeva won 72% of all points on her first serve and converted six of seven break points.

If the Russian, born on April 29, 2007, can build on her performances, my Andreeva vs. Bencic prediction once again favors the world number seven, who has an outstanding record of 36 wins in 46 singles matches in 2025. Also interesting: the right-hander has won twelve of her last 15 matches on tour in just two sets. Anyone who wants to use this statistic as an opportunity to bet on a straight-sets victory for the favorite on Wednesday can get odds of 2.10 for the Andreeva vs. Bencic match in the Bet-at-Home app.

Belinda Bencic – Statistics & current form

Belinda Bencic is a real phenomenon in some ways. Although the 28-year-old has struggled with injuries with unpleasant regularity, the Swiss player has always been able to fight her way back and perform well at the most important tournaments of the year. After Bencic had to pull out of the French Open a few weeks ago due to injury and also lost her comeback match on grass in Bad Homburg without winning a single game against Ekaterina Alexandrowa, very few would have believed she could make a deep run at the oldest tennis tournament in the world in the English capital.

Will Bencic’s inconsistency on serve become a problem?

After victories over Parks, Jaquemot, and Cocciaretto, the Tokyo Olympic champion faced Alexandrowa again in the Wimbledon quarterfinals on Monday. This time, however, the lady from Flawil in the eastern Swiss canton of St. Gallen prevailed in two sets, reaching the last eight on the hallowed turf in London for the first time in her career.

For the sake of completeness, it should be mentioned that Bencic did not have as easy a time as Andreeva on her way to this eagerly awaited quarterfinal on Wednesday. The right-hander had to go the full distance in two of her four matches. Overall, the current world number 35 spent far longer on court than her upcoming opponent.

The Swiss player, who has only reached one Grand Slam semi-final in her career (US Open 2019), has also struggled with her serve recently. In her last two matches, her opponents had more break points than the 28-year-old. Even in her second-round match against Jacquemot from France, Bencic lost her serve three times. This vulnerability could be a problem, especially on grass. This is one of the reasons why I am also looking at the odds for a games handicap in favor of the Russian between Andreeva and Bencic. For example, VBET is offering 1.65 for a bet on Andreeva (-2.5 games).

Mirra Andreeva – Belinda Bencic Head-to-head comparison / H2H record

This is the first time ever that the two women have faced each other on the WTA Tour. Ten years and ten million dollars in prize money separate 18-year-old Andreeva and 28-year-old Bencic, who not only won gold at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in her prime, but also ranked fourth in the world at one point. Nevertheless, Bencic is only playing in her second Grand Slam quarterfinal, her first at Wimbledon! The young Russian shares exactly the same “fate” and is now desperate to reach her second GS semifinal.

Mirra Andreeva – Belinda Bencic Tip

Two German-speaking players are in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. One of them is Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic, who has reached the last eight in London for the first time ever. The 28-year-old will now face Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva. At 18, the right-hander is already playing in her second Grand Slam quarter-final and, after Roland Garros in 2024, is aiming to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the second time. In my opinion, her chances are very good.

The world number seven has been impressive throughout the tournament so far. Andreeva has not dropped a single set. In seven of eight matches, her opponents have won a maximum of three games. In contrast, Bencic has already had to go the full distance twice. I therefore see advantages for the Eastern European and recommend betting on a 2-0 victory for the favorite and two-time Masters winner this season ahead of the quarterfinal match between Andreeva and Bencic. Bet-at-Home is offering odds of 2.10 for this. I am betting four out of a possible ten units.