Kimberly Birrell and Oksana Selekhmeteva will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.52
Oksana Selekhmeteva -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Oksana Selekhmeteva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 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 |
Ranked no. 99 (career-high), the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Saito 7-6(4) 6-2 and Priscilla Hon 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Hon (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match, Birrell scored 101 points vs Hon’s 94. Birrell was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Birrell made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 52% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hon 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kimberly started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.
Birrell has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (195-165). 5-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Birrell has a compiled 144-107 record in the last years on hard.
Birrell has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Oksana Selekhmeteva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-18 | 3-5 | 30-10 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-8 | 6-2 | 2-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-20 | 12-5 | 14-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-19 | 22-9 | 25-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Dalma Galfi 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Astra Sharma 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Selekhmeteva defeated Sharma (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match Selekhmeteva scored less points (2) than Sharma. In fact, the world no. 99 won 94 points vs Sharma’s. That means that Selekhmeteva was more focused during the important points. Oksana was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Selekhmeteva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Oksana Selekhmeteva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Selekhmeteva put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sharma 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Selekhmeteva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points she played.
Selekhmeteva has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
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 | Selekhmeteva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 56 |
| Pts | 174-148 | 182-181 |
| Total Points | 322 | 363 |
| Winners | 60 | 81 |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% |
Both Birrell and Selekhmeteva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set, while Oksana Selekhmeteva surrendered 2 sets. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Selekhmeteva (5 vs 6). Therefore, Birrell played 6 games less than Selekhmeteva. The Australian scored 60 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Selekhmeteva managed to score 81 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Selekhmeteva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 81/150 | 123/189 |
| %1st in | 54% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 60/81 | 81/123 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 36/69 | 29/66 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 44% |
Birrell bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Selekhmeteva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Birrell won 74% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Selekhmeteva won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Selekhmeteva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 19 |
| Saved | 10 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Birrell broke her opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Oksana broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | ||||
| Q1 Saito |
Q2 Hon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 | 50 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 101-94 | 174-148 | |
| Total points | 127 | 195 | 322 | |
| Winners | 27 | 33 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 48/92 | 81/150 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 33/48 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 22/44 | 36/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/9 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Selekhmeteva | ||||
| Q1 Galfi |
Q2 Sharma |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 27 | 56 | |
| pts | 88-85 | 94-96 | 182-181 | |
| Total points | 173 | 190 | 363 | |
| Winners | 39 | 42 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 58/88 | 65/101 | 123/189 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 42/65 | 81/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 16/36 | 29/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/11 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 6/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 60% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
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