Danka Kovinic and Nao Hibino will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.72
Danka Kovinic -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Danka Kovinic vs. Nao Hibino

This will be the 3rd time that Danka Kovinic and Nao Hibino square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Kovinic and Hibino (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kovinic won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Auckland back in January 2023.

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic

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Rank
603
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. 68, the will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Raducanu in the 1st round on the 9th of March.

Kovinic has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Danka’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Talking about her overall career, Kovinic has an overall 368-290 record. She has a negative 99-126 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See her history.

Miami
Kovinic's Record

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino

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Rank
174
High
56
LWWLLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-26 15-13 10-11 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 27-32 21-21 2-7 2-1 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

Ranked no. 137, Hibino reached the 1st round after defeating Rebeka Masarova 6-4 6-1 and Magdalena Frech 6-4 7-65.

In the qualifications, Hibino had a good straight sets win against Frech (6-4 7-65). During the match Hibino scored 87 points vs Frech’s 82. Nao was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Hibino recorded 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 74% of her first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind her 1st serve and 24% (6/25) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Frech 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.

Nao has an overall 9-8 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2019 and 2021. See her history

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Miami
Hibino's Record

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