Angelique Kerber and Kaia Kanepi will play each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Kia Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Angelique Kerber who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Angelique Kerber is the pick to win this match.
Angelique Kerber -> 1.49
Kaia Kanepi -> 2.7

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Prediction and head to head Angelique Kerber vs. Kaia Kanepi

This will be the 5th time that Angelique Kerber and Kaia Kanepi face off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kerber won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Sydney back in 2014.

Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber

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Rank
205
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 10-15 4-7 6-4 0-1 0-3 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 13-11 2-4 7-5 0-0 4-2 0-0
2021 30-16 14-8 4-4 1-2 11-2 0-0
2020 7-6 7-4 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 20, Angelique will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Bencic in the Rubber 2 on the 2nd of November.

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

Talking about her overall career, Angelique has an overall 619-338 record. She has a positive 344-174 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2016. See her history.

Australian Open
Kerber's Record

Kaia Kanepi

Kaia Kanepi

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Rank
578
High
15
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 0-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 17-22 6-10 11-9 0-2 0-1 0-0
2022 29-19 15-11 10-4 3-1 1-3 0-0
2021 23-14 16-8 6-4 1-1 0-1 0-0
2020 17-5 1-3 6-1 10-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 115, the Estonian will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 6-2 3-6 6-3 to Konjuh in the 2nd round on the 6th of January.

The Estonian has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Estonian has an overall 454-266 record. She has a positive 166-122 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2009, 2018 and 2021. See her history.

Australian Open
Kanepi's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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