Kimberly Birrell and Nao Hibino will play each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.51
Nao Hibino -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Nao Hibino
This will be the 2nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Nao Hibino fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hibino won 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the W60 Launceston back in 2019.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-25 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115 (career-high), the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Jodie Anna Burrage 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Birrell had a good straight sets win against Anna Burrage (6-2 6-4). During the match, Birrell scored 61 points vs Anna Burrage’s 45. Kimberly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Birrell was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 57% of her first serves in, winning 79% (23/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Anna Burrage 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Birrell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 54% of her matches (155-132). 16-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has a compiled124-90 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W60 Orlando where she overcame Rebecca Peterson in the final 6-3 6-0.
The Australian has a composed 16-6 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Birrell has never competed in this tournament before.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-29 | 20-19 | 2-7 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-30 | 26-19 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 26-19 | 7-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-21 | 1-9 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Hibino reached the qualifications after beating Kamilla Rakhimova 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Rakhimova, Hibino recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Hibino scored 105 points vs Rakhimova’s 98. Nao was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Hibino wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nao Hibino lost the serve 7 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 80% of her first serves in, winning 50% (38/76) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Rakhimova 9 times after converting 47% of her break points (9/19).
The Japanese has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 |
| Pts | 61-45 | 105-98 |
| Total Points | 106 | 203 |
| Winners | 23 | 38 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Birrell and Hibino played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nao Hibino dropped 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t lost a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Hibino (2 vs 3). Therefore, Birrell played 13 games less than Hibino. The Australian scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Hibino made 38 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 76/95 |
| %1st in | 57% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 38/76 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 50% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Birrell didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hibino also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Birrell won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 50% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 67% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The Australian broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kimberly lost her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nao conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 30% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | |||
| Q1 Anna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hibino | |||
| Q1 Rakhimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-98 | 105-98 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 76/95 | 76/95 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 38/76 | 38/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/10 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 30% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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