H2H, PREDICTION Naomi Osaka vs Ons Jabeur | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Ons Jabeur

Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1.30 pm on John Cain Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.166
Ons Jabeur -> 5.75

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Ons Jabeur

There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Ons Jabeur since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Naomi Osaka

Ranked no. 3, Naomi got to the 3rd round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2 and Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Naomi had a good straight sets win against Garcia (6-2 6-3). During the match Osaka scored 61 points vs Garcia’s 39. Osaka was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Osaka scored 10 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Naomi Osaka was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of her 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Osaka broke Garcia 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 62% of the points she played.

Osaka has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of her matches (211-112). 5-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Osaka has a 145-68 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Naomi’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.

Naomi has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Osaka lost in the 3rd round to Cori Gauff.

Ons Jabeur

Ranked no. 30 (career high), Ons got to the 3rd round after beating Andrea Petkovic 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Anna Schmiedlova 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Tunisian had a good straight sets win against Anna Schmiedlova (6-3 6-2). During the match Jabeur scored 67 points vs Anna Schmiedlova’s 45. The Tunisian was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Jabeur recorded 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ons Jabeur was quite effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of her 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jabeur broke Anna Schmiedlova 4 times after converting 80% of her break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ons has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Ons has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open

Ons lost in the quarter to Sofia Kenin.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Osaka Jabeur
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 32 45
Pts 126-78 170-146
Total Points 204 316
Winners 46 63
%Winners 37% 37%

Both Osaka and Jabeur played 2 matches. At the moment, Ons Jabeur conceded 1 set while Naomi Osaka hasn’t dropped a set so far. Osaka has played 1 set(s) less than Jabeur (4 vs 5). Therefore, Osaka played 13 games less than Jabeur. The Japanese scored 46 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian scored 63 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Osaka Jabeur
Aces 12 12
Avg per match 6 6
1st in 55/93 82/141
%1st in 59% 58%
1st pts 46/55 63/82
%1st pts 84% 77%
2nd pts 24/38 27/59
%2nd pts 63% 46%

Osaka fired 12 aces (6 per match). Jabeur struck 12 aces (6 per match). Osaka won 84% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Jabeur won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Osaka Jabeur
Won 8 9
Converted 8/14 9/19
% Converted 57% 47%
Conceded 2 12
Saved 1 8
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 1 4

Osaka broke her opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Japanese lost her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Tunisian broke her opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jabeur conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Osaka
R1
Pavlyuchenkova
R2
Garcia
Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 17 32
pts 65-39 61-39 126-78
Total points 104 100 204
Winners 22 24 46
%Winners 34% 39% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 10 12
Double Faults 0 2 2
1st in 27/45 28/48 55/93
% 1st in 60% 58% 59%
1st pts 22/27 24/28 46/55
% 1st pts 81% 86% 84%
2nd pts 10/18 14/20 24/38
% 2nd pts 56% 70% 63%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/7 3/7 8/14
Converted % 71% 43% 57%
Conceded 2 0 2
Saved 1/2 0/0 1
Saved % 50% 25%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Jabeur
R1
Petkovic
R2
Anna Schmiedlova
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 28 17 45
pts 103-101 67-45 170-146
Total points 204 112 316
Winners 37 26 63
%Winners 36% 39% 37%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 12
Double Faults 6 1 7
1st in 51/95 31/46 82/141
% 1st in 54% 67% 58%
1st pts 37/51 26/31 63/82
% 1st pts 73% 84% 77%
2nd pts 18/44 9/15 27/59
% 2nd pts 41% 60% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/14 4/5 9/19
Converted % 36% 80% 47%
Conceded 10 2 12
Saved 6/10 2/2 8
Saved % 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 4 0 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Osaka
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Jabeur
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2024 2023 2022
9 - 8
4 - 7
7-6
Hard
2-5
1-0
I Hard
0-0
1-2
Clay
2-2

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