Simona Waltert and Astra Sharma will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Court 8. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Waltert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Waltert is the pick to win this match.
Simona Waltert -> 1.727
Astra Sharma -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Simona Waltert vs. Astra Sharma
There is no head to head record between Simona Waltert and Astra Sharma since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Simona Waltert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57-25 | 7-6 | 47-16 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-29 | 5-4 | 16-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 4-10 | 12-8 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 9-8 | 23-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 13-5 | 19-14 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 6-1 |
Ranked no. 129, the Swiss reached the qualifications after beating Greetje Minnen 6-76 7-64 6-1.
In the qualifications against Minnen, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-64 6-1). During the match, Waltert scored 122 points vs Minnen’s 114. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Waltert blasted 2 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Simona Waltert lost the serve 6 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Waltert put 65% of her first serves in, winning 57% (53/93) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (21/49) on the 2nd serve. Waltert broke Minnen 8 times after converting 67% of her break points (8/12).
Waltert has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (190-118). 1-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Waltert has a compiled55-30 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Waltert has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Astra Sharma
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-27 | 10-14 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-28 | 4-8 | 9-17 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-20 | 16-8 | 25-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-26 | 11-18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, Sharma reached the qualifications after defeating Katharina Hobgarski 6-3 5-7 6-1.
In the qualifications, Sharma defeated Hobgarski (6-3 5-7 6-1). During the match Sharma scored 102 points vs Hobgarski’s 91. Sharma was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Sharma blasted 8 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Astra Sharma lost the serve 3 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Sharma put 65% of her first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hobgarski 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).
Astra has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Waltert | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 28 |
| Pts | 122-114 | 102-91 |
| Total Points | 236 | 193 |
| Winners | 53 | 42 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Waltert and Sharma played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Simona Waltert lost 1 set, while Astra Sharma lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Waltert and Sharma have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Waltert played 5 games more than Sharma. The Swiss scored 53 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 42 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Waltert | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 93/142 | 64/99 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 53/93 | 42/64 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 21/49 | 16/35 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 46% |
Waltert blasted 2 aces . Sharma made 8 aces . Waltert won 57% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Sharma won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Waltert | Sharma |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/12 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 20 | 14 |
| Saved | 14 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Swiss broke her opponent 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Simona lost her serve 6 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Astra conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 79% of the break points that she conceded.
| Waltert | |||
| Q1 Minnen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 122-114 | 122-114 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 93/142 | 93/142 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 53/93 | 53/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/49 | 21/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 14/20 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Sharma | |||
| Q1 Hobgarski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 102-91 | 102-91 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 64/99 | 64/99 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 16/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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