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Marie Bouzkova vs 
Harriet Dart
Round of 64
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My pick: Marie Bouzkova to advance · locked 2026-08-31 20:50 UTCPrediction
Bouzkova had the most straightforward day of anyone in this section — 6-2 6-2 over Elsa Jacquemot in 1 hour 26 minutes, eleven unforced errors, five breaks from eight, no double faults — and she is the 25th seed at No. 26 against a qualifier at No. 131. But Dart won their only previous meeting, 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024, and has just ended a nineteen-month wait for a main-draw win at a major, beating Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 6-2 on her fourth match point. She got here through three qualifying rounds that all went three sets, so this will be her fifth match of the fortnight against Bouzkova's second. The ratings put it near 75–25, and that is mostly a statement about volume: Bouzkova is 158–112 on hard courts, Dart 89–83, and the Czech has been to the third round here.
The case for Marie Bouzkova
75% to winBouzkova has spent 86 minutes on court to Dart's 144 plus three qualifying matches, and she spent them making eleven unforced errors and no double faults. She is ranked 105 places higher, is 158–112 on hard courts, and has been to the third round here — a round further than Dart has ever gone. Dart's win over her was two years ago on grass, in the third set, and Dart is 10–9 for the season.
The case for Harriet Dart
25% to winDart has beaten Bouzkova before, in three sets on grass in 2024, and arrives with more match play than anyone in the round — three qualifying wins, all in three sets, and then a comeback from a set down against Peyton Stearns. She converted five of fourteen break points on Monday and won 105 points to 94 while being out-hit on winners 40 to 24, which is a player finding ways rather than shots. Bouzkova's 29–20 season is good rather than intimidating.
Both cases written 2026-08-31, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine — opinions with a percent sign on. They add to 100 because tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
Tale of the tape
Marie BouzkovaHarriet DartPlayer vitals: US Open official player feed (usopen.org) and Tennis Abstract career match logs · as of 2026-08-31.
Career head-to-head: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
The briefing
Storylines
- Bouzkova beat Elsa Jacquemot 6-2 6-2 in 1 hour 26 minutes with eleven unforced errors and no double faults.
- Dart beat Peyton Stearns 3-6 6-3 6-2 on her fourth match point, ending a nineteen-month wait for a main-draw win at a major.
- Dart came through three qualifying rounds, all of them in three sets — this will be her fifth match of the fortnight.
- Dart won their only meeting, 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024.
- Career hard-court records: Bouzkova 158–112, Dart 89–83.
Head to head
Dart leads 1-0, winning their only meeting 7-5 6-7(7) 6-4 at Eastbourne in 2024.
Source: Tennis Abstract career match logs (tour-level) · as of 2026-08-31.
Watch: Second-round coverage runs across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, with ESPN Deportes in Spanish — and every court streams in the ESPN app, which is where a match away from the two show courts will live. (ESPN press-room release and listings, as of 2026-08-27)
Court & schedule: Not yet assigned. The US Open posts each day's order of play the evening before, and this match has not reached the board yet. (Official US Open order-of-play release cadence, as of 2026-08-31)
Weather: Rain is the story of the week's opening, and it is forecast to get worse before it clears. Showers and thunderstorms are likely overnight — 72% under a low near 72°F — and Tuesday is the worst day on the board: near 81°F with storms likely through the day, 67%, and again after dark at 64%. Wednesday is the break in it, near 76°F on a 26% chance of showers, with a slight chance of storms returning overnight; Thursday is warm and unsettled again, near 84°F on 53%. Friday is the first clean day of the fortnight — near 82°F and mostly sunny after an early 15%. Ashe and Armstrong close their roofs and play on; everything else waits. (National Weather Service New York forecast, as of 2026-08-31)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, New York — hard.
At this Stage
The Round of 64 halves the draw again: 32 women's matches across Wednesday and Thursday, every one of them between players who have already won here this week. The seeds who came through the opening round now meet opponents with form behind them rather than a ranking.
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