Jannik Sinner and Joao Sousa will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Kia Arena. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.045
Joao Sousa -> 11.75

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Joao Sousa

This will be the 2nd time that Jannik Sinner and Joao Sousa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sousa won 6-7(6) 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Halle back in 2019.

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

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Rank
2
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 58-6 24-3 11-2 15-0 8-1 0-0
2024 73-8 40-5 11-2 13-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 10,he will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the ATP Cup where he beat 7-6(6) 6-3 to Safiullin in the round robin on the 6th of January.

Jannik has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Sinner has an overall 165-82 record. He has a positive 52-28 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.

Australian Open
Sinner's Record

Joao Sousa

Joao Sousa

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Rank
726
High
28
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 6-5 0-0 2-2 4-3 0-0 0-0
2023 23-33 6-8 10-20 5-4 0-0 2-1
2022 25-34 10-12 10-11 5-7 0-4 0-0
2021 28-31 11-9 4-11 11-6 2-5 0-0
2020 4-13 0-5 2-5 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 140, the Portuguese reached the 1st round after beating Manuel Guinard 6-3 6-2 and Marc Polmans 3-6 6-0 6-4.

The Portuguese has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2015, 2016 and 2019. See his history.

Australian Open
Sousa's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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