Marina Melnikova and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on KIA Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.61
Marina Melnikova -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Marina Melnikova vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Marina Melnikova and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marina Melnikova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-19 | 5-5 | 18-12 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 5-5 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-12 | 12-7 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-25 | 2-5 | 16-13 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 236, the Russian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the W60+H Traralgon where she lost 6-1 4-6 6-1 to Zakharova in the 2nd round on the 6th of January.
The Russian has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 340-326 record. She has a positive 68-66 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2015 and 2020. See her history.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-28 | 28-16 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 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 |
Ranked no. 740, the Australian will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Kerkhove in the qualifications on the 4th of January.
Kimberly has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, The Australian has an overall 103-102 record. She has a positive 75-65 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
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