T365 Week 7 Predictions: Iga Swiatek and Taylor Fritz backed heavily as Alexander Zverev also get some picks

A busy week of ATP and WTA action will see champions crowned in four separate tournaments across four different continents.

There is only one WTA Tour event and it is the big one as the first WTA 1000 tournament of the 2025 season takes place at the Qatar Open while on the ATP Tour side there are events in Delray Beach, Marseille and Buenos Aires.

Our writers Oli Dickson Jefford, Shahida Jacobs, Ewan West, and Kevin Palmer predict their winners.

(WTA 1000) Qatar Open – women’s singles

ODJ: Iga Swiatek has played well so far this year and, though she doesn’t have an easy draw early on in Doha, it’s difficult to look past the three-time defending champion.

KP: Iga Swiatek

EW: It’s always tough to go against Aryna Sabalenka on hard courts, but Iga Swiatek is the three-time defending champion and probably has a slightly better draw (although a potential quarter-final with Elena Rybakina could be one to watch).

SJ: Winning the same tournament four years in a row is a tough ask so I am going for Aryna Sabalenka.

(ATP 250) Delray Beach Open – men’s singles

ODJ: Twelve months ago, Taylor Fritz beat Tommy Paul in the final in Delray Beach. With Paul withdrawing, I think I will go with Fritz.

KP: Taylor Fritz

EW: Taylor Fritz has been recovering from an injury and he suffered an early exit in Dallas, but I’m backing him to win his third consecutive Delray Beach title.

SJ: The bottom half of the draw has been very kind to Cameron Norrie so he could return to form, but then again with Tommy Paul withdrawing, defending champion Taylor Fritz is the only top-30 player in the draw. So Taylor Fritz it is.

(ATP 250) Open 13 – men’s singles

ODJ: Second seed Ugo Humbert is playing the most confident tennis of his career and I fancy his chances of a successful title defence.

KP: Hubert Hurkacz

EW: Daniil Medvedev is the top seed in Marseille, but he burned me last week, so I’ll take Ugo Humbert — who loves playing indoors in his home nation and has a good draw.

SJ: Think the winner will come from the Daniil Medvedev-Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard quarter-final and I am going for the young Frenchman as Medvedev is currently struggling with confidence.