Emina Bektas and Zoe Hives will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on Court 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emina Bektas who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emina Bektas is the pick to win this match.
Emina Bektas -> 1.44
Zoe Hives -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Emina Bektas vs. Zoe Hives

There is no head to head record between Emina Bektas and Zoe Hives since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Emina Bektas

Emina Bektas

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
298
High
82
LWWLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-21 21-18 1-2 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 22-26 10-19 0-1 1-1 2-4 9-1
2023 55-20 38-15 0-0 2-1 12-3 3-1
2022 27-23 17-9 1-5 6-6 3-3 0-0
2021 28-20 23-15 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 216 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Katie Boulter 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Boulter (6-3 6-4). During the match, Bektas scored 60 points vs Boulter’s 46. Emina was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bektas struck 5 aces and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Emina Bektas was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (35/46) of her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Emina broke Boulter 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).

Bektas has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of her matches (153-114). 6-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Bektas has a compiled113-73 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the W60+H Traralgon.

Bektas has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Emina has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Bektas's Record

Zoe Hives

Zoe Hives

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
891
High
140
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0
2023 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 5-11 3-7 0-3 0-0 2-1 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 626, Hives reached the qualifications after beating Xinyun Han 7-5 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Han (7-5 6-0). During the match Hives scored 66 points vs Han’s 50. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Hives scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Zoe Hives lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hives put 64% of her first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Zoe broke Han 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

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

Australian Open
Hives's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Bektas
Z.Hives
1h:10
1h:10
Time on court​
1h:23
1h:23
1h:10
1h:10
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
60
60
Total points​
66
66
60
60
Avg point​
66
66
35
35
Winners
26
26
35
35
Avg Winners​
26
26
58%
58%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
1
1
5
5
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
0
0
Avg Double Faults
4
4
35/46
35/46
1st won total​
26/36
26/36
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
7/13
7/13
2nd won total​
8/20
8/20
54%
54%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
BP won
6/11
6/11
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
!
75%
75%
Won
!
55%
55%
3
3
Conceded
6
6
3
3
Avg Conceded
6
6
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bektas Hives
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 18
Pts 60-46 66-50
Total Points 106 116
Winners 35 26
%Winners 58% 39%

Both Bektas and Hives played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bektas and Hives have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bektas played 1 game more than Hives. Bektas scored 35 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Hives fired 26 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bektas Hives
Aces 5 1
Avg per match 5 1
1st in 46/59 36/56
%1st in 78% 64%
1st pts 35/46 26/36
%1st pts 76% 72%
2nd pts 7/13 8/20
%2nd pts 54% 40%

Bektas bagged 5 aces . Hives made 1 ace . Bektas won 76% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Hives won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bektas Hives
Won 3 6
Converted 3/4 6/11
% Converted 75% 55%
Conceded 3 6
Saved 2 4
% Saved 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 2

Emina broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Emina dropped her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hives conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Bektas
Q1
Boulter
Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 60-46 60-46
Total points 106 106
Winners 35 35
%Winners 58% 58%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 46/59 46/59
% 1st in 78% 78%
1st pts 35/46 35/46
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 7/13 7/13
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Hives
Q1
Han
Total
Score 7-5 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 66-50 66-50
Total points 116 116
Winners 26 26
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 36/56 36/56
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 26/36 26/36
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 8/20 8/20
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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