Paula Badosa Gibert and Jelena Ostapenko will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on KEN ROSEWALL ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa Gibert who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paula Badosa Gibert is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa Gibert -> 1.43
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa Gibert vs. Jelena Ostapenko

This will be the 3rd time that Paula Badosa Gibert and Jelena Ostapenko square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Badosa and Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Ostapenko won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in St. Petersburg back in 2021.

Highlights Jelena Ostapenko vs Paula Badosa Gibert – St. Petersburg 15-March-2021

Paula Badosa Gibert

Paula Badosa Gibert

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
25
High
2
LWLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-13 13-8 3-2 0-1 2-2 0-0
2024 37-19 26-11 6-5 0-1 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Paula will start her run in Sydney after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Azarenka in the 1st round on the 4th of January.

Badosa has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2022, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Paula has an overall 280-151 record. She has a positive 98-53 record on hard.

Previously in Sydney

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Sydney
Badosa's Record

Jelena Ostapenko

Jelena Ostapenko

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
23
High
5
LLLLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-20 8-14 9-4 0-0 1-2 0-0
2024 31-19 14-10 8-6 4-0 5-3 0-0
2023 37-22 21-15 7-4 1-1 8-2 0-0
2022 33-19 19-10 3-3 3-3 8-3 0-0
2021 32-19 12-9 5-4 7-4 8-2 0-0

Ranked no. 28, Ostapenko will start her run in Sydney after she played her last match in Moscow where she lost 2-6 6-0 2-0 ret. to Petkovic in the 1st round on the 19th of October.

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

In terms of her career, Jelena has an overall 290-179 record. She has a positive 83-76 record on hard.

Sydney
Ostapenko's Record

Tennis Scores in Sydney

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