The second-round encounter at the 2025 Libema Open will see Bernarda Pera face Elisabetta Cocciaretto on June 11 at the Rosmalen venue in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. This WTA 250 event, played on grass courts, offers prize money totaling $275,094 and will be broadcast live on the Tennis Channel in the USA and Sky Sports in the UK.
Current Form and 2025 Performance Overview
Bernarda Pera enters this match with a 15-16 win-loss record in 2025, including ITF contests, reflecting inconsistent results so far this year. Her season’s highlight came at the ASB Classic, where she advanced to the quarterfinals before losing in straight sets to Robin Montgomery. Pera struggled during the clay-court season with early exits in Charleston and Rouen and failing to qualify in Rome and Strasbourg. However, she put up a competitive performance at Roland Garros, taking Elina Svitolina to two tiebreak sets.
At the Libema Open, Pera started strongly by upsetting fourth seed Magda Linette in a tight three-set match, winning 6-2, 6-7 (8), 7-5. This victory shows her capability to challenge higher-ranked opponents on grass despite her career surfaces favoring clay.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto has also faced a challenging year, holding a 10-15 record that includes ITF matches, with the quarterfinal appearance in Cluj standing out. There, she was defeated by Lucia Bronzetti in straight sets. Otherwise, Cocciaretto has endured numerous early eliminations, including seven first-round and four second-round exits on the professional tour.
Her latest participation was at the French Open, where she lost 1-6, 3-6 to Ekaterina Alexandrova. Cocciaretto opened her Libema Open campaign with a victory over local player Arianne Hartono, 7-6 (11), 7-5, indicating some momentum heading into this round.
Head-to-Head Record and Previous Encounters
Bernarda Pera holds a superior 4-1 record against Elisabetta Cocciaretto, including their most recent meeting in the qualifying round of the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships, where Pera came back from a set down to win 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. This head-to-head advantage places Pera as the psychologically stronger contender going into the match.
Grass-Court Performance and Match Predictions
Pera’s career statistics on grass reveal a modest 27 percent win rate, without having reached a final on this surface, with both her career titles earned on clay. She did, however, contest one grass-court final on the Challenger Tour, narrowly losing to Alycia Parks at the 2024 Veneto Open.
Conversely, Cocciaretto has demonstrated a better win rate of 60 percent on grass but has only played ten matches on this surface before the current season. Her sole career title is also on clay, and she has yet to reach a grass-court final at any professional level.
Given these factors, as well as Pera’s stronger recent form and dominant record against the Italian player, Pera is favored to win a competitive three-setter in this second-round duel.
Prediction: Pera to secure victory in three sets.