Nao Hibino and Louisa Chirico will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 6. 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 Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.68
Louisa Chirico -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Louisa Chirico

This will be the 4th time that Nao Hibino and Louisa Chirico square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Hibino won 6-3 7-6(3) in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino

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Rank
174
High
56
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-26 15-13 10-11 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 27-32 21-21 2-7 2-1 2-3 0-0
2023 40-30 26-19 9-7 1-1 4-3 0-0
2022 36-29 26-19 7-8 3-2 0-0 0-0
2021 7-21 1-9 5-8 0-0 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 138, the Japanese will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Kovinic in the 1st round on the 4th of January.

Nao has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Japanese has an overall 319-257 record. She has a positive 234-174 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Australian Open
Hibino's Record

Louisa Chirico

Louisa Chirico

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Rank
181
High
58
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-31 5-14 19-13 5-3 0-1 0-0
2024 38-31 3-8 28-19 7-3 0-1 0-0
2023 30-29 8-10 19-15 3-4 0-0 0-0
2022 34-21 15-11 16-7 0-2 3-1 0-0
2021 13-12 7-6 3-5 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 163, Louisa will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Midland where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Zhu in the 1st round on the 31st of October.

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

In terms of her career, Louisa has an overall 238-187 record. She has a flat 98-98 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See her history.

Australian Open
Chirico's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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