Harriet Dart and Nao Hibino will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Harriet Dart who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Harriet Dart is the pick to win this match.
Harriet Dart -> 1.69
Nao Hibino -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Harriet Dart vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 4th time that Harriet Dart and Nao Hibino fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hibino won 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in the Charleston back in 2024.
Harriet Dart
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-27 | 12-12 | 3-7 | 5-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-32 | 27-19 | 1-3 | 6-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 17-15 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 17-12 | 8-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, Harriet reached the qualifications after beating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 7-6(5) and Taylah Preston 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Preston, Harriet recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-1 6-2). During the match, Dart scored 108 points vs Preston’s 83. Dart was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dart scored 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Dart broke Preston 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Harriet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.
Dart has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (259-210). 2-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dart has a compiled 152-113 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Brit has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-32 | 21-21 | 2-7 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Nao reached the qualifications after beating Marina Stakusic 7-6(5) 6-1 and Ekaterina Makarova (1996) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Nao defeated Makarova (1996) (6-3 6-74 6-1). During the match Hibino scored 115 points vs Makarova (1996)’s 93. Hibino was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 64% of her first serves in, winning 54% (31/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Makarova (1996) 10 times after converting 38% of her break points (10/26).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nao started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Japanese has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dart | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 49 |
| Pts | 183-145 | 192-155 |
| Total Points | 328 | 347 |
| Winners | 69 | 62 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Dart and Hibino played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Harriet Dart surrendered 1 set, while Nao Hibino conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Dart and Hibino have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (49). Dart scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nao recorded 62 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dart | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 98/166 | 100/151 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 69/98 | 62/100 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 32/68 | 24/51 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Dart made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Hibino scored 2 aces (1 per match). Dart won 70% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 62% of the points on 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 | Dart | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/20 | 16/38 |
| % Converted | 65% | 42% |
| Conceded | 14 | 22 |
| Saved | 7 | 14 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 8 |
Harriet broke her opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Dart lost her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Hibino broke her opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Hibino conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Dart | ||||
| Q1 Cabrera |
Q2 Preston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | 6-77 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 49 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 108-83 | 183-145 | |
| Total points | 137 | 191 | 328 | |
| Winners | 29 | 40 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 56/96 | 98/166 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 40/56 | 69/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 19/40 | 32/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 8/13 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 62% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 5/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 56% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Hibino | ||||
| Q1 Stakusic |
Q2 Makarova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-74 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 49 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 115-93 | 192-155 | |
| Total points | 139 | 208 | 347 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 27% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 57/89 | 100/151 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/57 | 62/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 54% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 18/32 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 56% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 10/26 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 9/14 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
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