Timea Babos and Marina Melnikova will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open Qualifying for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timea Babos who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Timea Babos is the pick to win this match.
Timea Babos -> 1.49
Marina Melnikova -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Timea Babos vs. Marina Melnikova

There is no head to head record between Timea Babos and Marina Melnikova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Timea Babos

Ranked no. 115, Babos will start her run at the Australian Open Qualifying after she played her last match in the W100+H Dubai where she lost 6-3 2-6 6-1 to Wang in the 1st round on the 8th of December.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Timea has an overall 357-271 record. She has a positive 171-143 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open Qualifying

Babos didn’t compete at the Australian Open Qualifying in 2020.

Marina Melnikova

Ranked no. 197, Melnikova will start her run at the Dubai after she played her last match in the W100+H Dubai where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Anshba in the qualifications on the 6th of December.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of her career, Marina has an overall 318-300 record. She has a positive 64-60 record on hard.

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