Kaia Kanepi and Maddison Inglis will face off in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Rod Laver 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 Kaia Kanepi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kaia Kanepi is the pick to win this match.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.47
Maddison Inglis -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Maddison Inglis

There is no head to head record between Kaia Kanepi and Maddison Inglis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Kaia Kanepi

Ranked no. 115, the Estonian reached the 3^rd round after defeating Angelique Kerber 6-4 6-3 and Marie Bouzkova 6-2 7-6³.

In the 2^nd round, The Estonian had a good straight sets win against Bouzkova (6-2 7-6³). During the match, Kanepi scored 72 points vs Bouzkova’s 58. Kaia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kanepi recorded 3 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Kaia Kanepi lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kanepi put 48% of her first serves in, winning 72% (21/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Kaia broke Bouzkova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Estonian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points she played.

Kanepi has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (207-109). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kanepi has an overall 84-50 match record in the last years on hard.

Kanepi has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Maddison Inglis

Ranked no. 133, Inglis reached the 3^rd round after defeating Leylah Annie Fernandez 6-4 6-2 and Hailey Baptiste 7-6⁴ 2-6 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Inglis defeated Baptiste (7-6⁴ 2-6 6-2). During the match Inglis scored 90 points vs Baptiste’s 88. Maddison was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Inglis struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maddison Inglis lost the serve 6 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Inglis put 64% of her first serves in, winning 52% (27/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Baptiste 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Inglis started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Maddison has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2016 and 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kanepi	Inglis
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	40	47
Pts	145-117	160-142
Total Points	262	302
Winners	46	62
%Winners	32%	39%

Both Kanepi and Inglis played 2 matches. At the moment, Maddison Inglis surrendered 1 set while Kaia Kanepi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kanepi has played 1 set(s) less than Inglis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kanepi played 7 games less than Inglis. The Estonian scored 46 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Maddison bagged 62 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kanepi	Inglis
Aces	7	4
Avg per match	3.5	2
1st in	70/131	100/145
%1st in	53%	69%
1st pts	46/70	62/100
%1st pts	66%	62%
2nd pts	33/61	25/45
%2nd pts	54%	56%

Kanepi recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Inglis blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Kanepi won 66% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Inglis won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kanepi	Inglis
Won	9	9
Converted	9/20	9/18
% Converted	45%	50%
Conceded	8	12
Saved	3	6
% Saved	38%	50%
Times Broken	5	6

Kanepi broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kaia lost her serve 5 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Maddison broke her opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Inglis conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Kanepi
	R1 Kerber	R2 Bouzkova	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-2 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	21	40
pts	73-59	72-58	145-117
Total points	132	130	262
Winners	25	21	46
%Winners	34%	29%	32%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	1	9	10
1st in	41/71	29/60	70/131
% 1st in	58%	48%	53%
1st pts	25/41	21/29	46/70
% 1st pts	61%	72%	66%
2nd pts	18/30	15/31	33/61
% 2nd pts	60%	48%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/9	5/11	9/20
Converted %	44%	45%	45%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	2/4	1/4	3
Saved %	50%	25%	38%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Inglis
	R1 Annie	R2 Baptiste	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	7-64 2-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	29	47
pts	70-54	90-88	160-142
Total points	124	178	302
Winners	35	27	62
%Winners	50%	30%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4
Double Faults	4	2	6
1st in	48/64	52/81	100/145
% 1st in	75%	64%	69%
1st pts	35/48	27/52	62/100
% 1st pts	73%	52%	62%
2nd pts	8/16	17/29	25/45
% 2nd pts	50%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	6	9
Converted	3/5	6/13	9/18
Converted %	60%	46%	50%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	3/3	3/9	6
Saved %	100%	33%	67%
Times Broken	0	6	6

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