Nao Hibino

and Mirjam Bjorklund will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on Court 12. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.61
Mirjam Bjorklund -> 2.25

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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Mirjam Bjorklund

There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Mirjam Bjorklund since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 139, Hibino reached the qualifications after beating Louisa Chirico 7-6³ 2-6 7-6⁵.

In the qualifications, Hibino defeated Chirico (7-6³ 2-6 7-6⁵).During the match, Hibino scored less points (5) than Chirico. In fact, the world no. 139 won 107 points vs Chirico’s. That means that Hibino was more focused during the important points. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hibino made 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 73% of her first serves in, winning 67% (55/82) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Chirico 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Hibino has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (271-227). 3-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Hibino has an aggregate 202-154 match record in the last years on hard.

The Japanese has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Mirjam Bjorklund

Ranked no. 151, Mirjam reached the qualifications after beating Ekaterina Reyngold 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, Mirjam had a good straight sets win against Reyngold (7-5 6-1). During the match Bjorklund scored 69 points vs Reyngold’s 49. Mirjam was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Bjorklund scored 2 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mirjam Bjorklund was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swede broke Reyngold 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

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

Previously at the Australian Open

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hibino	Bjorklund
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	34	19
Pts	107-112	69-49
Total Points	219	118
Winners	55	32
%Winners	51%	46%

Both Hibino and Bjorklund played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nao Hibino dropped 1 set while Mirjam Bjorklund hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hibino has played 1 set more than Bjorklund (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hibino played 15 games more than Bjorklund. Hibino scored 55 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Bjorklund bagged 32 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hibino	Bjorklund
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	82/113	42/62
%1st in	73%	68%
1st pts	55/82	32/42
%1st pts	67%	76%
2nd pts	12/31	12/20
%2nd pts	39%	60%

Hibino bagged 5 aces . Bjorklund recorded 2 aces . Hibino won 67% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Bjorklund won 76% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hibino	Bjorklund
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/7
% Converted	38%	43%
Conceded	13	2
Saved	8	2
% Saved	62%	100%
Times Broken	5	0

Hibino broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Hibino conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. Bjorklund broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Bjorklund was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Hibino
	Q1 Chirico	Total
Score	7-63 2-6 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	34	34
pts	107-112	107-112
Total points	219	219
Winners	55	55
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	82/113	82/113
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	55/82	55/82
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	12/31	12/31
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	8/13	8
Saved %	62%	62%
Times Broken	5	5

Bjorklund
	Q1 Reyngold	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-49	69-49
Total points	118	118
Winners	32	32
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	42/62	42/62
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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