{"id":108765,"date":"2026-07-20T00:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=108765"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:42:18","slug":"wta-prague-bouzkova-maneiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/07\/20\/wta-prague-bouzkova-maneiro\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Prague Open First Round Best Bets Including Marie Bouzkova vs Jessica Bouzas-Maneiro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, readers. It\u2019s Kane back from vacation and returning to my normal beat. I hope you\u2019ve been enjoying Matt\u2019s coverage on the men\u2019s side. I also hope you\u2019ve been enjoying the World Cup<\/a>. How about that Spain victory over Argentina? Getting back to tennis, I can promise you plenty of women\u2019s coverage starting tomorrow. We\u2019re starting with WTA Prague<\/a> Open. I wanted to get something up for Monday, so I chose the three most interesting matches for my best bets. There\u2019s a lot to play for in Prague. Let\u2019s look at three matches on the Monday card.<\/span><\/p>\n

WTA Prague Open<\/b><\/h2>\n

Parks \u2013 Havlickova: Time 8:00 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 0-0<\/b><\/p>\n

You might be wondering why Alycia Parks vs Lucie Havlickova was interesting to me, given that both competitors are a combined 8-12 in 2026. Within the question lies the answer. One of these women has to have a good day in the Prague Open. Parks is 4-6 in her last ten, and she\u2019s 9-9 on a hardcourt this year. Havlickova is also 4-6 in her last ten, but not only is she playing at the ITF level, but she\u2019s also 1-3 on a hardcourt. At just 22-22, Parks is not playing like the No. 70 player in the World, and she hasn\u2019t won a title since 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

While Parks is not having a good year, she\u2019s still the odds-on favorite to win the match at the Prague Open. The average odds currently sit at 1.52 to 2.51 in favor of Parks. The easiest way to make money off of Parks is taking her to win 2:0 on 1xBet. You can currently get Parks winning 2:0 at 2.26, and that\u2019s a full point better than taking her straight up. The only way to do better than this is to take a chance on bets much less likely to pay out. I generally try to get the bettor at least their money back, but you can do much better than that here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Parks winning 2:0 is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Parks winning 2:0 @2.26 @1xBet<\/b><\/p>\n

Ruzic \u2013 Salkova: Time 9:30 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 3-1<\/b><\/p>\n

Antonia Ruzic will take on Dominika Salkova in our second featured match at the Prague Open. Ruzic has a nice history against Salkova. Every match they\u2019ve played before tomorrow\u2019s was in the quarterfinal or later. While Ruzic is 3-1 against Salkova, it\u2019s Czech that has their only final matchup win. That was when Salkova beat Ruzic for the ITF Osijek title in 2022. This is also their first match on a hardcourt, as all others were indoor or on clay. Can Ruzic avoid the upset?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

The books have Ruzic as the favorite here at the Prague Open. Not only is Ruzic 3-1 against this opponent, but she\u2019s also 8-8 on a hardcourt and 5-5 in her last ten matches overall. While Ruzic is the favorite to win, she cannot afford to be complacent. Salkova tends to give Ruzic all she can handle, and then some. In fact, one might even argue that Salkova has been tipping the matches back in her favor, even though she has yet to win again. Every match she\u2019s played against Ruzic has pushed her further and further into the match. I\u2019d take Ruzic straight up, but I won\u2019t be shocked if Salkova wins this match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Ruzic winning is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Ruzic winning @1.70 @Betway<\/b><\/p>\n

Bouzkova \u2013 Bouzas-Maneiro: Time 6:30 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 0-0<\/b><\/p>\n

Our final match to cover at the WTA Prague Open is Marie Bouzkova vs Jessica Bouzas-Maneiro. Bouzkova has been on an absolute tear lately. She\u2019s 8-2 in her last ten matches with a tournament victory at Nottingham and a round of 16 showing at Wimbledon. Maneiro has only made two quarterfinals and a semifinal in 2026. Her record is going the wrong way in 2026, and she\u2019s currently five games under .500 at 15-20 overall. If she doesn\u2019t turn it around soon, this year is going to pass her by and see her drop further in the rankings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason that Bouzkova is the overwhelming favorite in this match. She\u2019s the No. 1 seed in the WTA Prague Open, 8-2 in her last ten, and she has two titles this year. Bouzkova wins when she should, and doesn\u2019t always lose when she should. I just think that Maneiro has too many problems she has to work out before she\u2019s a legitimate threat to the higher-ranked Bouzkova. I think Bouzkova winning 2:0 at 1.95 is a perfectly good bet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Bouzkova winning 2:0 is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Bouzkova winning 2:0 @1.95 @1xBet<\/b><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello, readers. It\u2019s Kane back from vacation and returning to my normal beat. I hope you\u2019ve been enjoying Matt\u2019s coverage on the men\u2019s side. I also hope you\u2019ve been enjoying the World Cup. How about that Spain victory over Argentina? Getting back to tennis, I can promise you plenty of women\u2019s coverage starting tomorrow. We\u2019re […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5481,"featured_media":51192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17400,4],"tags":[43950,15376,42444,17399,17977,18955,16311,6173,11652],"class_list":["post-108765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-bets","category-wta","tag-2026-wta-prague","tag-alycia-parks","tag-antonia-ruzic","tag-best-bets","tag-dominika-salkova","tag-jessica-bouzas-maneiro","tag-lucie-havlickova","tag-marie-bouzkova","tag-wta-prague"],"modified_by":"Kane Webb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108766,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108765\/revisions\/108766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}