Madison Keys and Anna Blinkova will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. 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 Madison Keys who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Madison Keys is the pick to win this match.
Madison Keys -> 1.27
Anna Blinkova -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Madison Keys vs. Anna Blinkova

This will be the 2nd time that Madison Keys and Anna Blinkova square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Keys (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Keys won 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris back in 2019.

Madison Keys

Madison Keys

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Rank
7
High
5
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-15 24-6 9-4 0-2 4-3 0-0
2024 24-12 7-6 13-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2023 33-15 19-9 5-3 0-2 9-1 0-0
2022 30-20 25-12 4-4 0-3 1-1 0-0
2021 11-15 3-9 3-4 0-0 5-2 0-0

Ranked no. 10, Keys will start her run at the Australian Open after she won the title in Australia after beating 6-3 6-2 Bronzetti in the final.

Madison has an aggregate 5-0 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where she overcame Lucia Bronzetti in the final 6-3 6-2.

Madison won her last 5 matches.

Talking about her overall career, Keys has an overall 333-194 record. She has a positive 208-122 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Keys's Record

Anna Blinkova

Anna Blinkova

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Rank
62
High
34
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-27 15-15 7-6 3-2 4-4 0-0
2024 25-30 14-15 2-8 7-3 2-4 0-0
2023 33-28 15-15 10-7 3-3 5-3 0-0
2022 46-29 7-8 16-10 21-7 1-3 1-1
2021 15-24 5-11 6-6 2-4 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 72, the Russian will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Davis in the semifinal on the 13th of January.

The Russian has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Blinkova’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Hobart.

In terms of her career, The Russian has an overall 248-168 record. She has a positive 89-68 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2020. See her history.

Australian Open
Blinkova's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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