Viktoriya Tomova and Despina Papamichail will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on Court 5. 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 Viktoriya Tomova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Viktoriya Tomova is the pick to win this match.
Viktoriya Tomova -> 1.53
Despina Papamichail -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Viktoriya Tomova vs. Despina Papamichail

This will be the 2nd time that Viktoriya Tomova and Despina Papamichail clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tomova won 6-2 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in Fed Cup, Group I, Europe/Africa, Event A back in 2020.

Viktoriya Tomova

Viktoriya Tomova

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
134
High
46
LLWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-26 9-13 4-7 3-2 3-4 0-0
2024 34-34 15-18 15-13 0-1 4-2 0-0
2023 42-29 16-9 20-10 4-5 2-5 0-0
2022 41-32 14-8 21-15 2-5 4-3 0-1
2021 23-32 5-9 13-12 2-7 1-3 2-1

Ranked no. 117, Tomova will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 7-5 7-5 to Hontama in the qualifications on the 3rd of January.

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

Talking about her overall career, Viktoriya has an overall 196-153 record. She has a positive 49-47 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See her history.

Australian Open
Tomova's Record

Despina Papamichail

Despina Papamichail

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
173
High
143
WLWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 62-29 3-4 59-25 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 30-33 9-13 20-19 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 30-37 21-17 6-18 1-1 2-1 0-0
2022 32-36 12-13 18-20 1-2 1-1 0-0
2021 39-30 10-9 29-20 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 182 (career-high), Papamichail will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-3 6-0 to Bouzkova in the 1st round on the 4th of January.

Papamichail has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Greek has an overall 373-264 record. She has a positive 131-80 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Papamichail has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Papamichail's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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