Anna Bondar and Kimberly Birrell will play each other in the 1st round of the Merida Open Akron for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on Cancha 1. 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 Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.62
Anna Bondar -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Anna Bondar vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Anna Bondar and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Anna Bondar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-30 | 16-16 | 21-8 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-33 | 10-13 | 32-13 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-29 | 3-8 | 25-15 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-29 | 6-10 | 25-13 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 62-27 | 13-8 | 45-16 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, Bondar will start her run in Merida after she played her last match in Lyon where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-3 to Kovinic in the 2nd round on the 2nd of February.
Anna has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Bondar has an overall 327-174 record. She has a positive 66-41 record on hard.
Previously in Merida
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-28 | 29-16 | 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. 133 (career-high), Birrell got to the 1st round after beating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-4 6-3 and Varvara Gracheva 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Gracheva (6-3 6-3). During the match Birrell scored 65 points vs Gracheva’s 49. Kimberly was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Birrell struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Birrell put 59% of her first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Gracheva 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W60 Orlando where she defeated Rebecca Peterson in the final 6-3 6-0.
Kimberly has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2023, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Merida
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (6-0 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco VilardoVilardo – Davide Della TommasinaDella Tommasina (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corrado SummariaSummaria – Erik CrepaldiCrepaldi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Andrea BorroniBorroni (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Shalva DzhanashiaDzhanashia (5-7 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giorgio RiccaRicca – Tommaso RoggeroRoggero (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jacopo StefaniniStefanini – Luca GiacominiGiacomini (6-2 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Davide GaloppiniGaloppini – Andres Gabriel CiurlettiGabriel Ciurletti (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Magda LinetteLinette – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Panna UdvardyUdvardy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Rebecca PetersonPeterson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fernanda Contreras GomezContreras Gomez – Alycia ParksParks (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lin ZhuZhu – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Katie VolynetsVolynets – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Alison RiskeRiske (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Simona WaltertWaltert – Ysaline BonaventureBonaventure (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Ana KonjuhKonjuh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Kateryna KozlovaKozlova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Sloane StephensStephens (0-0) – H2H and prediction