Daria Kasatkina and Varvara Gracheva will square off in the 1^st round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daria Kasatkina who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daria Kasatkina is the pick to win this match.
Daria Kasatkina -> 1.131
Varvara Gracheva -> 5.95

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Prediction and head to head Daria Kasatkina vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 2^nd time that Daria Kasatkina and Varvara Gracheva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasatkina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kasatkina won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne back in 2021.

Daria Kasatkina

Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Kasatkina will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-0 6-2 to Bencic in the final on the 14^th of January.

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

Darya’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, Darya has an overall 308-171 record. She has a positive 131-93 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2016 and 2022. See her history.

Varvara Gracheva

Ranked no. 97, Varvara will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Blinkova in the qualifications on the 7^th of January.

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

In terms of her career, The Russian has an overall 200-135 record. She has a negative 41-45 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Julia GrabherGrabher (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elise MertensMertens – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (3-6 7-6³ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-6⁸ 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Diane ParryParry (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Belinda BencicBencic – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Alize CornetCornet (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Xiyu WangWang (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Jaimee FourlisFourlis (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shelby RogersRogers – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (6-2 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Evgeniya RodinaRodina (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Katherine SebovSebov (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Kaia KanepiKanepi (3-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernarda PeraPera – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lin ZhuZhu – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Jule NiemeierNiemeier (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Sara BejlekBejlek (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Kristina KucovaKucova (7-6⁶ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Dalma GalfiGalfi (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Harriet DartDart (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Coco VandewegheVandeweghe (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clara BurelBurel – Talia GibsonGibson (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Xinyu WangWang – Storm HunterHunter (7-6² 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anna BondarBondar – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-2 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Brenda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Eva LysLys (2-6 6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sofia KeninKenin (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Sakkari
  Sakkari – Yue YuanYuan (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Laura PigossiPigossi (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Selena JanicijevicJanicijevic (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Polina KudermetovaKudermetova (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kateryna BaindlBaindl – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (7-5 6-7⁸ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Santiago MarescaMaresca – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Pietro LicciardiLicciardi (6-4 2-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jan MertlMertl – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Calin MandaManda – Edris FetisleamFetisleam (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francesco VilardoVilardo – Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile Manole (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol – Valentin VantaVanta (2-6 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrei Stefan ApostolStefan Apostol – Ben PataelPatael (6-1 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vasile AntonescuAntonescu – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (5-7 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime TabatruongTabatruong – Mircea-Alexandru JecanJecan (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bogdan BorzaBorza – Ryota TanumaTanuma (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra MarticPetra – Viktorija GolubicViktorija (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Tatjana MariaMaria (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Patricia Maria TigMaria Tig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Elizabeth MandlikMandlik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lauren DavisDavis – Danka KovinicKovinic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Claire LiuLiu – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alison RiskeRiske – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Bernarda PeraPera (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Olivia GadeckiGadecki – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Clara BurelBurel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Petra KvitovaKvitova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Lin ZhuZhu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-5) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction