Predicted Winners in BOLD
For Predictions on Match Completions See This Earlier Post
Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) vs. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [2] – Aga should win, but she is not facing an unknown.
Alize Cornet (FRA) vs. Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) – Should be a fun match, but I think Cornet is more dangerous.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) vs. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [4] – Garbine needs some good vibes and ranking points prior to the pressure of defending runner-up points at Wimbledon. Fortunately for her, she can do very well in Paris.
Oceane Dodin (FRA) vs. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) [14] – What does Ana have left? We shall see.
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) vs. Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Elina Svitolina (UKR) [18] vs. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) – Svitolina has impressed me a lot.
Simona Halep (ROU) [6] vs. Nao Hibino (JPN) – Which Simona shows up?
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [12] vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Roberta Vinci (ITA) [7] vs. Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) -This is not the easiest draw, but Vinci should advance.
Tatjana Maria (GER) vs. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [23] – JJ is capable of making the second week.
Annika Beck (GER) vs. Maryna Zanevska (UKR)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) vs. Naomi Broady (GBR)
Elena Vesnina (RUS) vs. Madison Brengle (USA) – Not Rocky IV, but this should be a fun match.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) vs. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) [25] – I am bullish on the undercard Romanians.
Arina Rodionova (AUS) vs. Ana Konjuh (CRO)
Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [17] vs. Shelby Rogers (USA) – Take the chalk.
Samantha Stosur (AUS) [21] vs. Misaki Doi (JPN) – An upset?
Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [32]
Saisai Zheng (CHN) vs. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [22] – Cibulkova has had a nice 2016 to this point.
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) vs. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) – Straight out of 1999?
Sara Errani (ITA) [16] vs. Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) – On grass reverse this pick, but this is clay.
Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) vs. Sloane Stephens (USA) [19] – Sloanehas had a lot of solid showings at majors.
Taylor Townsend (USA) vs. Amandine Hesse (FRA)
Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) vs. Sabine Lisicki (GER) – If her serve matters, I like Sabine.
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [27] vs. Varvara Lepchenko (USA) – I like Makarova’s game and moxie.
Kurumi Nara (JPN) vs. Denisa Allertova (CZE)
Barbora Strycova (CZE) [30] vs. Lucie Hradecka (CZE) – Czech Civil War?
Qiang Wang (CHN) vs. Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (FRA)
Myrtille Georges (FRA) vs. Christina McHale (USA) – McHale can win this match.
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) vs. Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) – See my earlier Romanian posture.
Johanna Larsson (SWE) vs. Magda Linette (POL)
Polona Hercog (SLO) vs. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) vs. Carina Witthoeft (GER)
Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs. Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)