Bastad Final 2026: Simona Waltert vs Paula Badosa Preview, Head-to-head, Odds, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match details

Device: (4) Simone Waltert v. Paula Badosa

Date: July 11, 2026

Tournament: Nordea Open

Round: Final

Venue: Bastad Tennis Stadium, Bastad, Sweden

Category: WTA 125

The surface: Clay

Prize money: 115,000 dollars

Live TV broadcast: Worldwide – WTA Unlocked

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Preview of Simone Waltert vs. Paula Badosa

Fourth seed Simone Waltert takes on Paula Badosa in the Nordea Open 2026 final.

Waltert sent Katarzyna Cava, Aneta Labutkova and Liero Romero Gormaz to the semifinals in straight sets. She faced eighth seed Kaitlyn Quevedo for a place in the summit clash. The first set almost slipped away from Waltert after she was broken twice to fall behind 5-2.

However, Waltert stopped Quevedo twice and won the next five games to take the set away from her opponent. Starting in the second game of the second set, four breaks of serve were made in a row. Waltert ended the back-and-forth by winning the last three games of the match to win 7-5, 6-2.

Badosa didn’t drop a set en route to the semifinals, ousting Marina Basols Ribera, sixth seed Emiliana Aranga and Varvara Lepchenko. In the semi-finals, she met Yulia Putintseva, seeded third. The Spaniard played her best match of the tournament so far, making a break PutintsevDown twice in each set to win 6-1, 6-2.

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Simone Waltert vs. Paula Badosa head to head

This will be the first meeting between the two in their careers, so the score is currently 0-0.

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Simone Waltert vs Paula Badozza odds

(Odds via BetMGM)

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Simone Waltert vs Paula Badosa match prediction

Neither player dropped a single set en route to the final. Waltert has lost 17 games this week Badosa lost 24 games. The latter never dropped her serve in the previous round. Both reached their first final of the season.

Badosa also reached her first final since triumphing at the 2024 Citi Open in August. Waltert reached her first final since winning the WTA 125 tournament in Brazil in October 2025. This year, Badosa has posted a 6-4 record on clay, while Waltert is 14-8 on the surface. However, only two of her 14 wins have come against top 100 players.

Although Badosa is not currently in the top 100, her level is much higher than this. It even beat Coco Gauf ahead of Wimbledon a few weeks ago. Although Waltert played quite well this week, none of her opponents were anywhere close to Badosa’s level. The Spaniard will help cap a pretty good week for her with the title.

Choose: Paul Badosa wins in straight sets.

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Simone Waltert vs Paula Badosa betting tips

Tip 1: The match will have a minimum of 17 games.

Tip 2: Badosa wins at least one set 6-3.