Kaia Kanepi and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Kaia Kanepi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaia Kanepi is the pick to win this match.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.28
Kimberly Birrell -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Kimberly Birrell
This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Kimberly Birrell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kanepi won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2017.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Kanepi will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-1 7-5 to Badosa in the 2nd round on the 11th of January.
Kanepi has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Kaia has an overall 485-287 record. She has a positive 183-135 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 31-17 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-30 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 12-4 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 167, the Australian will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Rogers in the qualifications on the 1st of January.
Kimberly has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Birrell has an overall 140-127 record. She has a positive 109-85 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
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