Kimberly Birrell and Maya Joint will clash against each other in the final of the Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Center Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maya Joint is the pick to win this match.
Maya Joint -> 1.71
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Maya Joint
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Maya Joint since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kimberly Birrell
27 - 24win/loss
60
56
WWWWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-24 | 21-15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-29 | 31-17 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 60, Birrell got to the final after defeating Tamara Zidansek 7-6(2) 6-4, Yexin Ma 7-5 6-3, Katie Volynets 2-6 6-2 7-5 and Anna Bondar 7-5 2-6 6-1.
In the semifinal, Birrell defeated Bondar (7-5 2-6 6-1). During the match, Birrell scored 94 points vs Bondar’s 85. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Birrell scored just 1 ace and she committed only 3 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 60% of her first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Bondar 6 times after converting 32% of her break points (6/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kimberly has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points she played.
WTA Seoul - Kimberly Birrell's projected path
Birrell has good record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (256-211). 21-15 on hard in 2026. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has a compiled 189-134 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
Birrell has a composed 27-24 win-loss record in 2026, 21-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.
Maya Joint
16 - 22win/loss
99
28
WWWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16-22 | 14-14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-28 | 32-19 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Maya got to the final after beating Xinxin Yao 2-6 7-6(7) 6-3, Dayeon Back 6-2 6-1, Lanlana Tararudee 6-4 6-3 and Alina Korneeva 6-2 1-0 ret..
In the semifinal against Korneeva, the Australian had a free pass after Korneeva retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.
Maya’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
Maya has a compiled 16-22 win-loss record in 2026, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 99 | 73 |
| Pts | 355-327 | 268-220 |
| Total Points | 682 | 488 |
| Winners | 116 | 89 |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% |
Both Birrell and Joint played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Kimberly Birrell lost 2 sets, while Maya Joint dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Birrell and Joint have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Birrell played 26 games more than Joint. The Australian scored 116 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Maya fired 89 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 194/323 | 138/241 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 116/194 | 89/138 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 57/129 | 51/103 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Birrell struck 4 aces (1 per match). Joint recorded 4 aces (1 per match). Birrell won 60% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Joint won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Joint |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 26 | 20 |
| Converted | 26/59 | 20/36 |
| % Converted | 44% | 56% |
| Conceded | 41 | 21 |
| Saved | 22 | 10 |
| % Saved | 54% | 48% |
| Times Broken | 19 | 11 |
Kimberly broke her opponents 26 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kimberly lost her serve 19 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 20 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | ||||||
| R1 Zidansek |
R2 Ma |
1/4 Volynets |
1/2 Bondar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 2-6 6-2 7-5 | 7-5 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 28 | 27 | 99 | |
| pts | 84-82 | 77-62 | 100-98 | 94-85 | 355-327 | |
| Total points | 166 | 139 | 198 | 179 | 682 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 35 | 28 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 36% | 35% | 30% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 25 | |
| 1st in | 45/82 | 48/77 | 59/94 | 42/70 | 194/323 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 62% | 63% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/45 | 28/48 | 35/59 | 28/42 | 116/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 58% | 59% | 67% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/37 | 16/29 | 13/35 | 16/28 | 57/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 55% | 37% | 57% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 6/9 | 7/16 | 6/19 | 26/59 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 67% | 44% | 32% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 41 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 5/8 | 4/10 | 5/9 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 63% | 40% | 56% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Joint | ||||||
| R1 Yao |
R2 Back |
1/4 Tararudee |
1/2 Korneeva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-67 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 73 | |
| pts | 106-107 | 60-34 | 67-55 | 35-24 | 268-220 | |
| Total points | 213 | 94 | 122 | 59 | 488 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 42% | 37% | 26% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 53/103 | 36/52 | 34/56 | 15/30 | 138/241 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 69% | 61% | 50% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/53 | 25/36 | 25/34 | 9/15 | 89/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 69% | 74% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/50 | 10/16 | 12/22 | 9/15 | 51/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 63% | 55% | 60% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| Converted | 8/15 | 5/5 | 4/9 | 3/7 | 20/36 | |
| Converted % | 53% | 100% | 44% | 43% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | |
| Saved | 7/15 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 47% | 0% | 75% | 0% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
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