Kimberly Birrell and Emily Appleton will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Rothesay Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Court 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.58
Emily Appleton -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Emily Appleton
This will be the 2nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Emily Appleton square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Birrell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Birrell won 6-1 6-7(5) 10-4 in the qualifications in the W100 Surbiton back in 2019.
Kimberly Birrell
18 - 14win/loss
114
100
LWLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-29 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 12-4 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Kimberly got to the 1st round after defeating Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-0 and Destanee Aiava 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Aiava (6-2 6-2). During the match, Birrell scored 58 points vs Aiava’s 37. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Birrell scored just 1 ace and she committed only 1 double fault. Kimberly Birrell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kimberly broke Aiava 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kimberly started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points she played.
Birrell has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (190-164). 6-1 on grass in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Birrell has an aggregate 22-23 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Fukuoka where she beat Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.
The Australian has a compiled 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Emily Appleton
24 - 16win/loss
386
348
LWWLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 0-4 | 8-8 | 16-11 | 6-4 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 29-31 | 6-3 | 9-14 | 9-9 | 3-4 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 20-22 | 4-4 | 3-9 | 13-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-11 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 356 (career-high), Emily reached the 1st round after beating Yexin Ma 7-66 6-0 and Naiktha Bains 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Bains, Emily recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Appleton scored 87 points vs Bains’s 66. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Appleton blasted 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Emily Appleton lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Appleton put 60% of her first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Appleton broke Bains 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emily started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
The Brit has a composed 24-15 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Appleton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 45 |
| Pts | 128-77 | 161-121 |
| Total Points | 205 | 282 |
| Winners | 44 | 64 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Birrell and Appleton played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emily Appleton conceded 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Appleton (4 vs 5). Therefore, Birrell played 16 games less than Appleton. Kimberly scored 44 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Emily bagged 64 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Appleton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 93/153 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 64/93 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 28/60 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 47% |
Birrell bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Appleton struck 4 aces (2 per match). Birrell won 80% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Appleton won 69% 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 | Birrell | Appleton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 12 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 12/17 |
| % Converted | 52% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Birrell broke her opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Birrell dropped her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The Brit broke her opponents 12 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Brit conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | ||||
| Q1 Diyas |
Q3 Aiava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| pts | 70-40 | 58-37 | 128-77 | |
| Total points | 110 | 95 | 205 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/36 | 30/44 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 25/30 | 44/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 8/14 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 57% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Appleton | ||||
| Q1 Ma |
Q3 Bains |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-0 | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| pts | 74-55 | 87-66 | 161-121 | |
| Total points | 129 | 153 | 282 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 49/81 | 93/153 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 34/49 | 64/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 18/32 | 28/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 56% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/8 | 12/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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