Danka Kovinic and Lauren Davis will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on Court 17. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lauren Davis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lauren Davis is the pick to win this match.
Lauren Davis -> 1.64
Danka Kovinic -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Lauren Davis

This will be the 4th time that Danka Kovinic and Lauren Davis play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kovinic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kovinic won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Auckland back in January 2023.

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
596
High
46
LLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 3-4 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 16-16 4-8 10-7 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-21 6-8 23-11 0-1 0-1 0-0
2021 14-20 4-12 10-6 0-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 55, Danka will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-0 6-2 to Gauff in the semifinal on the 7th of January.

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

Kovinic’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

Talking about her overall career, Danka has an overall 366-285 record. She has a negative 99-122 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Australian Open
Kovinic's Record

Lauren Davis

Lauren Davis

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
301
High
26
LLLLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-14 3-6 7-7 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 17-17 5-6 5-7 6-2 1-2 0-0
2023 25-20 16-11 7-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2022 28-25 14-12 11-9 0-0 3-4 0-0
2021 20-21 8-11 6-5 2-1 4-4 0-0

Ranked no. 57, will start her run at the Melbourne after she won the title in Hobart after beating 7-6(0) 6-2 Cocciaretto in the final.

Davis has an overall 8-1 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Hobart where she overcame Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the final 7-6(0) 6-2.

Lauren won her last 7 matches.

In terms of her career, Davis has an overall 350-261 record. She has a positive 193-159 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2014, 2016 and 2018. See her history.

Australian Open
Davis's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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