diff --git a/pyiceberg/manifest.py b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
index 4a61cc5de2..7037c69437 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/manifest.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import math
 import threading
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from collections.abc import Iterator
+from collections.abc import Callable, Iterator
 from copy import copy
 from enum import Enum
 from types import TracebackType
@@ -879,13 +879,19 @@ def has_added_files(self) -> bool:
     def has_existing_files(self) -> bool:
         return self.existing_files_count is None or self.existing_files_count > 0
 
-    def fetch_manifest_entry(self, io: FileIO, discard_deleted: bool = True) -> list[ManifestEntry]:
+    def fetch_manifest_entry(
+        self,
+        io: FileIO,
+        discard_deleted: bool = True,
+        entry_filter: Callable[[ManifestEntry], bool] | None = None,
+    ) -> list[ManifestEntry]:
         """
         Read the manifest entries from the manifest file.
 
         Args:
             io: The FileIO to fetch the file.
             discard_deleted: Filter on live entries.
+            entry_filter: Optional predicate to filter manifest entries.
 
         Returns:
             An Iterator of manifest entries.
@@ -897,11 +903,17 @@ def fetch_manifest_entry(self, io: FileIO, discard_deleted: bool = True) -> list
             read_types={-1: ManifestEntry, 2: DataFile},
             read_enums={0: ManifestEntryStatus, 101: FileFormat, 134: DataFileContent},
         ) as reader:
-            return [
+            result = []
+
+            for entry in reader:
+                if discard_deleted and entry.status == ManifestEntryStatus.DELETED:
+                    continue
                 _inherit_from_manifest(entry, self)
-                for entry in reader
-                if not discard_deleted or entry.status != ManifestEntryStatus.DELETED
-            ]
+
+                if entry_filter is None or entry_filter(entry):
+                    result.append(entry)
+
+            return result
 
     def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool:
         """Return the equality of two instances of the ManifestFile class."""
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
index 9624eac981..fca718f5ec 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
@@ -2325,11 +2325,9 @@ def _open_manifest(
     Returns:
         A list of ManifestEntry that matches the provided filters.
     """
-    return [
-        manifest_entry
-        for manifest_entry in manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(io, discard_deleted=True)
-        if partition_filter(manifest_entry.data_file) and metrics_evaluator(manifest_entry.data_file)
-    ]
+    return manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(
+        io, discard_deleted=True, entry_filter=lambda e: partition_filter(e.data_file) and metrics_evaluator(e.data_file)
+    )
 
 
 def _min_sequence_number(manifests: list[ManifestFile]) -> int:
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_manifest.py b/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
index 6811ab2942..ff91224e4d 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
@@ -199,6 +199,34 @@ def test_read_manifest_entry(generated_manifest_entry_file: str) -> None:
     assert data_file.sort_order_id == 0
 
 
+def test_fetch_manifest_entry_with_filter(generated_manifest_entry_file: str) -> None:
+    manifest = ManifestFile.from_args(
+        manifest_path=generated_manifest_entry_file,
+        manifest_length=0,
+        partition_spec_id=0,
+        added_snapshot_id=0,
+        sequence_number=0,
+        partitions=[],
+    )
+
+    all_entries = manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(PyArrowFileIO())
+    assert len(all_entries) == 2
+
+    # Entry 1 has tpep_pickup_day=1925 & entry 2 has tpep_pickup_day=None
+    matched = manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(
+        PyArrowFileIO(),
+        entry_filter=lambda e: e.data_file.partition[1] == 1925,
+    )
+    assert len(matched) == 1
+    assert matched[0].data_file.record_count == 19513
+
+    no_match = manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(
+        PyArrowFileIO(),
+        entry_filter=lambda e: e.data_file.partition[1] == 9999,
+    )
+    assert len(no_match) == 0
+
+
 def test_read_manifest_entry_v3_fields(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     io = PyArrowFileIO()