H2H, prediction of Marta Kostyuk vs Nao Hibino at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 12th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Kostyuk and Hibino will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 12th of January

Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Nao Hibino

Marta Kostyuk and Nao Hibino will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:30 pm on Kia Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.174
Nao Hibino -> 4.95

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Nao Hibino

This will be the 4th time that Marta Kostyuk and Nao Hibino face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kostyuk (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kostyuk won 6-3 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in Hua Hin back in 2023.

Marta Kostyuk

Marta Kostyuk
Marta Kostyuk

0 - 2win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
18
High
16
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 34-22 24-14 8-5 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 26-22 22-16 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
2022 28-20 18-11 3-4 4-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-17 8-9 10-4 3-1 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 18, the Ukrainian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-2 to Krueger in the 1st round on the 7th of January.

Marta has a composed 0-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Ukrainian has an overall 218-132 record. She has a positive 115-70 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See her history.

Kostyuk
Australian Open
Kostyuk's Record

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino
Nao Hibino

6 - 1win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
143
High
56
WWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-1 6-1 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, Hibino reached the 1st round after defeating Marina Stakusic 7-6(5) 6-1, Ekaterina Makarova (1996) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 and Harriet Dart 6-4 7-5.

In the qualifications, Hibino had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-4 7-5). During the match Hibino scored 78 points vs Dart’s 72. Nao was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Hibino scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 72% of her first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Dart 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

The Japanese 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 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.

Hibino
Australian Open
Hibino's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kostyuk
LL
Hibino
WWWLWWW
2025 2024 2023
0 - 2
6 - 1
0-2
Hard
6-1

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