Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady are about to play the Australian Open final. They had a fantastic run in Melbourne that brought her 1 step from conquering the prestigious title and helped to reinforce their rankings as follows.
Osaka
At the moment ranked no.3, Osaka, Naomi will be the new world no.2 if she wins the Australian Open after overtaking Simona Halep. If she loses to Jeniver she will be 120 points shy from the Romanian champion.
Naomi has managed to achieve a composed 9-0 win-loss record in 2021. Naomi is currently playing at the Australian Open where she managed to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2, Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3, Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2, Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-4 7-5, Su-Wei Hsieh 6-2 6-2 and Serena Williams 6-3 6-4.
Osaka won 6 titles in her career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of her titles)
Brady’s ranking, and results in 2021
Now ranked no.24 (career-high), Jennifer is now no.13 in the live rankings to break new highs. If she wins the Australian Open Brady will be ranked no.12.
Jennifer has achieved a compiled 9-2 match record in 2021. Brady is currently playing at the Australian Open where she overcame Aliona Bolsova 6-1 6-3, Madison Brengle 6-1 6-2, Kaja Juvan 6-1 6-3, Donna Vekic 6-1 7-5, Jessica Pegula 4-6 6-2 6-1 and Karolina Muchova 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Jennifer Brady will compete against Osaka in the final. The head to head is 2-1 for Osaka.
Naomi Osaka and Jennifer Brady fought against each other only on 2 occasions. Their actual record is 2-0 for Osaka. Previously, the last time when they squared off, Naomi Osaka won 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 in the semifinal in New York (U.S. Open) in September 2020.
In the video below you can watch the highlights.
