Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the qualifications of the Melbourne Summer Set 1 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove is the pick to win this match.
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove -> 1.56
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-21 | 3-7 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 44-34 | 16-11 | 3-4 | 23-16 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 22-14 | 0-2 | 9-11 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-29 | 17-16 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-16 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Lesley got to the qualifications after beating Dayana Yastremska 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kerkhove had a good straight sets win against Yastremska (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kerkhove scored 68 points vs Yastremska’s 49. Kerkhove was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kerkhove fired 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kerkhove put 56% of her first serves in, winning 55% (18/33) of the points behind her 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Kerkhove has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of her matches (313-233). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kerkhove has an aggregate 124-71 record in the last years on hard.
Lesley has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Kerkhove has never competed in this tournament before.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 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 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 740, Kimberly got to the qualifications after beating Martina Trevisan 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Trevisan (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Birrell scored 96 points vs Trevisan’s 91. Kimberly was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Birrell fired 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 3 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 71% of her first serves in, winning 61% (43/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Trevisan 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Kimberly has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Melbourne
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kerkhove | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 |
| Pts | 68-49 | 96-91 |
| Total Points | 117 | 187 |
| Winners | 18 | 43 |
| %Winners | 26% | 45% |
Both Kerkhove and Birrell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set while Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kerkhove has played 1 set(s) less than Birrell (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kerkhove played 12 games less than Birrell. The Dutch scored 18 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Birrell scored 43 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kerkhove | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 70/98 |
| %1st in | 56% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 18/33 | 43/70 |
| %1st pts | 55% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 50% |
Kerkhove managed to score 3 aces . Birrell scored 3 aces . Kerkhove won 55% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 61% of the points behind 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 | Kerkhove | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Lesley broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lesley surrendered her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Kerkhove | |||
| Q1 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-49 | 68-49 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 33/59 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Birrell | |||
| Q1 Trevisan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 96-91 | 96-91 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/98 | 70/98 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 43/70 | 43/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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