Petra Martic and Kimberly Birrell will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Phillip Island Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11 am on 1573 Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Martic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petra Martic is the pick to win this match.
Petra Martic -> 1.24
Kimberly Birrell -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Petra Martic and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Petra Martic
Ranked no. 19, Petra got to the 3rd round after beating Rebecca Marino 6-2 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Croatian defeated Marino (6-2 5-7 6-4). During the match Martic scored 97 points vs Marino’s 81. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martic blasted 6 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Petra Martic was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (42/55) of her 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Petra broke Marino 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).
Martic has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (227-160). 2-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Martic has a 99-82 record in the last years on hard.
Petra has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Martic surrendered in the 2nd round to Julia Goerges.
Kimberly Birrell
Ranked no. 739, the Australian got to the 3rd round after beating Alize Cornet 6-2 7-5 and Ankita Raina 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kimberly defeated Raina (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Birrell scored 96 points vs Raina’s 94. Kimberly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Birrell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 6 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 57% of her first serves in, winning 56% (23/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Raina 7 times after converting 27% of her break points (7/26).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Birrell has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
Birrell has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Birrell didn’t play in Melbourne in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martic | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 48 |
| Pts | 97-81 | 177-166 |
| Total Points | 178 | 343 |
| Winners | 42 | 56 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Martic played 1 match while Birrell competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Petra Martic conceded 1 set, while Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set. Martic has played 2 set(s) less than Birrell (3 vs 5). Therefore, Martic played 18 games less than Birrell. The Croatian scored 42 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 56 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martic | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 95/163 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 56/95 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 32/68 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 47% |
Martic fired 6 aces . Birrell blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Martic won 76% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 59% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martic | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 13/37 |
| % Converted | 38% | 35% |
| Conceded | 2 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 50% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
Martic broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Martic lost her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 13 times with a 35% conversion rate. Kimberly conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Martic | |||
| R2 Marino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-81 | 97-81 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 55/84 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Birrell | ||||
| R1 Cornet |
R2 Raina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 96-94 | 177-166 | |
| Total points | 153 | 190 | 343 | |
| Winners | 33 | 23 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 24% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 54/91 | 41/72 | 95/163 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 23/41 | 56/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 56% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 15/31 | 32/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 7/26 | 13/37 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 27% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 1/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 14% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Madison BrengleBrengle (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Monica NiculescuNiculescu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Misaki DoiDoi – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (w/o) – See score progression
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Greetje MinnenMinnen (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriella Da Silva FickDa Silva Fick – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 2-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-73 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Maddison InglisInglis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Ankita RainaRaina (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig – Francesca JonesJones (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Sofia KeninKenin (2-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Taha KapadiaKapadia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (6-7(3) 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriella Da Silva FickDa Silva Fick – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 2-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Qiang WangWang – Maddison InglisInglis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Madison BrengleBrengle (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Petra MarticMartic – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Gabriella Da Silva FickDa Silva Fick (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Qiang WangWang – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zarina DiyasDiyas – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
