Reka-Luca Jani and Despina Papamichail will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 12. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Despina Papamichail who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Despina Papamichail is the pick to win this match.
Despina Papamichail -> 1.56
Reka-Luca Jani -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Reka-Luca Jani vs. Despina Papamichail

This will be the 3rd time that Reka-Luca Jani and Despina Papamichail clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Jani (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Jani won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in the W60+H Zagreb back in 2019.

Reka-Luca Jani

Reka-Luca Jani

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Rank
892
High
104
LLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 1-6 0-0 1-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 18-40 1-7 16-31 0-1 1-1 0-0
2022 55-35 3-8 51-26 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 36-29 8-8 26-17 2-3 0-1 0-0
2020 8-16 1-3 4-6 3-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 111, Jani will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the W40 Nonthaburi where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Kulikova in the 1st round on the 4th of January.

Reka-Luca has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Jani has an overall 535-332 record. She has a flat 54-54 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2012. See her history.

Australian Open
Jani's Record

Despina Papamichail

Despina Papamichail

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
173
High
143
LWLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 62-30 3-4 59-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 30-33 9-13 20-19 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 30-37 21-17 6-18 1-1 2-1 0-0
2022 32-36 12-13 18-20 1-2 1-1 0-0
2021 39-30 10-9 29-20 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 158, the Greek will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Australia where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Vekic in the quarter on the 4th of January.

Despina has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Despina has an overall 404-301 record. She has a positive 142-94 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Papamichail's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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