Kimberly Birrell and Dayeon Back will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Hana Bank Korea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 2 sets.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.163
Dayeon Back -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Dayeon Back
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Dayeon Back since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Birrell got to the 2nd round after beating Sachia Vickery 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Birrell had a good straight sets win against Vickery (6-4 6-4). During the match, Birrell scored 70 points vs Vickery’s 56. Birrell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Birrell scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 67% of her first serves in, winning 50% (20/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Vickery 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).
Birrell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 53% of her matches (174-152). 27-16 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Birrell has a compiled133-99 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W60 Orlando where she overcame Rebecca Peterson in the final 6-3 6-0 and the W25 Cantanhede where she beat Arina Rodionova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-1.
Birrell has a composed 37-27 win-loss record in 2023, 27-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Dayeon Back
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 54-20 | 46-16 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 2023 | 44-15 | 44-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-11 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 2-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 569, the Korean reached the 2nd round after defeating Jelena Ostapenko 3-6 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round against Ostapenko, The Korean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-64). During the match Back scored 105 points vs Ostapenko’s 99. The Korean was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Back fired 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Dayeon Back lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Back put 56% of her first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Ostapenko 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).
Back has an overall 40-12 win-loss record in 2023, 40-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 |
| Pts | 70-56 | 105-99 |
| Total Points | 126 | 204 |
| Winners | 20 | 36 |
| %Winners | 29% | 34% |
Both Birrell and Back played 1 match. At the moment, Dayeon Back conceded 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t lost a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Back (2 vs 3). Therefore, Birrell played 9 games less than Back. Birrell scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean struck 36 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 58/104 |
| %1st in | 67% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 20/40 | 36/58 |
| %1st pts | 50% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 21/46 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 46% |
Birrell bagged 1 ace . Back also scored 2 aces . Birrell won 50% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Back won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 47% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 17% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
The Australian broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 17% of the break points that she conceded. Dayeon broke her opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Korean conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | |||
| R1 Vickery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 50% | 50% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Back | |||
| R1 Ostapenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-99 | 105-99 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/104 | 58/104 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 21/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Claire LiuLiu – Arantxa RusRus (1-6 6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yue YuanYuan – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-4 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jessica PegulaPegula – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eva LysLys – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Su Jeong JangJeong Jang – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Dayeon BackBack (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction