Irina Maria Bara and Nao Hibino will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Irina Maria Bara who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Irina Maria Bara is the pick to win this match.
Irina Maria Bara -> 1.6
Nao Hibino -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Irina Maria Bara vs. Nao Hibino

There is no head to head record between Irina Maria Bara and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Irina Maria Bara

Ranked no. 114, Maria Bara got to the qualifications after defeating Jesika Maleckova 6-3 4-6 6-3 and Selena Janicijevic 5-7 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications against Janicijevic, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match, Maria Bara scored 109 points vs Janicijevic’s 97. The Romanian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Maria Bara was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Irina Maria Bara lost the serve 5 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Maria Bara put 78% of her first serves in, winning 61% (44/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Irina broke Janicijevic 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Irina started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Maria Bara has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of her matches (257-183). 12-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Maria Bara has an overall221-126 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Irina’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the W100 Palm Harbor.

The Romanian has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 215, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Sachia Vickery 6-2 6-2 and Yuliya Hatouka 7-6⁷ 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Hatouka (7-6⁷ 6-2). During the match Hibino scored 87 points vs Hatouka’s 74. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Hibino scored 7 aces and she was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nao Hibino lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 68% of her first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Hatouka 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hibino started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Nao has an aggregate 10-12 win-loss record in 2022, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Maria Bara	Hibino
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	4
Tot Games	59	37
Pts	213-183	144-114
Total Points	396	258
Winners	84	52
%Winners	39%	36%

Both Maria Bara and Hibino played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Irina Maria Bara conceded 2 sets while Nao Hibino hasn’t conceded a set so far. Maria Bara has played 2 sets more than Hibino (6 vs 4). Therefore, Maria Bara played 22 games more than Hibino. Maria Bara scored 84 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 52 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Maria Bara	Hibino
Aces	0	7
Avg per match	0	3.5
1st in	145/190	85/127
%1st in	76%	67%
1st pts	84/145	52/85
%1st pts	58%	61%
2nd pts	20/45	22/42
%2nd pts	44%	52%

Maria Bara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hibino managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Maria Bara won 58% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Maria Bara	Hibino
Won	16	11
Converted	16/35	11/17
% Converted	46%	65%
Conceded	23	10
Saved	11	5
% Saved	48%	50%
Times Broken	12	5

Maria Bara broke her opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 48% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Maria Bara
	Q1 Maleckova	Q2 Janicijevic	Total
Score	6-3 4-6 6-3	5-7 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	28	31	59
pts	104-86	109-97	213-183
Total points	190	206	396
Winners	40	44	84
%Winners	38%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	0
Double Faults	3	4	7
1st in	73/98	72/92	145/190
% 1st in	74%	78%	76%
1st pts	40/73	44/72	84/145
% 1st pts	55%	61%	58%
2nd pts	11/25	9/20	20/45
% 2nd pts	44%	45%	44%
Breaks
Won	9	7	16
Converted	9/18	7/17	16/35
Converted %	50%	41%	46%
Conceded	12	11	23
Saved	5/12	6/11	11
Saved %	42%	55%	49%
Times Broken	7	5	12

Hibino
	Q1 Vickery	Q2 Hatouka	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-67 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	21	37
pts	57-40	87-74	144-114
Total points	97	161	258
Winners	15	37	52
%Winners	26%	43%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	7	7
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	29/45	56/82	85/127
% 1st in	64%	68%	67%
1st pts	15/29	37/56	52/85
% 1st pts	52%	66%	61%
2nd pts	10/16	12/26	22/42
% 2nd pts	63%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	4	11
Converted	7/9	4/8	11/17
Converted %	78%	50%	65%
Conceded	5	5	10
Saved	2/5	3/5	5
Saved %	40%	60%	50%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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