Nao Hibino and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the 2nd round of the Jiangxi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.86
Nao Hibino -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Kimberly Birrell
This will be the 3rd time that Nao Hibino and Kimberly Birrell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hibino and Birrell (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Birrell won 6-1 2-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Indian Wells back in March 2023.
Highlights Kimberly Birrell vs Nao Hibino – Indian Wells 07-March-2023
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-62 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Haddad Maia (7-62 6-3). During the match, Hibino scored 89 points vs Haddad Maia’s 75. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hibino blasted 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 68% of her first serves in, winning 58% (36/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Haddad Maia 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Hibino has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (306-253). 25-17 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has an aggregate 224-170 match record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W25 Kashiwa where she beat Su Jeong Jang in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Prague where she overcame Linda Noskova in the final 6-4 6-1.
Nao has a composed 38-27 win-loss record in 2023, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nanchang
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, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Sijia Wei 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Wei (7-5 7-5). During the match Birrell scored 80 points vs Wei’s 75. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Birrell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 54% of her first serves in, winning 53% (20/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Wei 6 times after converting 43% of her break points (6/14).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W60 Orlando where she beat Rebecca Peterson in the final 6-3 6-0 and the W25 Cantanhede where she defeated Arina Rodionova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-1.
Birrell has a compiled 39-28 win-loss record in 2023, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hibino | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 89-75 | 80-75 |
| Total Points | 164 | 155 |
| Winners | 36 | 20 |
| %Winners | 40% | 25% |
Both Hibino and Birrell played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hibino and Birrell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hibino played 2 games less than Birrell. The Japanese scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Birrell made 20 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hibino | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 38/70 |
| %1st in | 68% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 36/62 | 20/38 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 53% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Hibino recorded 4 aces . Birrell scored 1 ace . Hibino won 58% points on her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 53% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hibino | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Hibino broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hibino surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded. Kimberly broke her opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Birrell conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hibino | |||
| R1 Haddad Maia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 89-75 | 89-75 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 36/62 | 36/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Birrell | |||
| R1 Wei |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 80-75 | 80-75 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Nanchang
- Ulrikke EikeriEikeri – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 1-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Valeria SavinykhSavinykh – Magda LinetteLinette (7-5 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Xiaodi YouYou – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yuhan WangWang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Hanyu GuoGuo (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nao HibinoHibino – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Xinyu JiangJiang (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Tereza Mihalikova/Yifan XuMihalikova/Yifan Xu – Shuo Feng/Wushuang ZhengFeng/Wushuang Zheng (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Eri Hozumi/Makoto NinomiyaHozumi/Makoto Ninomiya – Yiming Dang/Fang Ying XunDang/Fang Ying Xun (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Yexin MaMa (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Amina AnshbaAnshba – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sijia WeiWei (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Lin ZhuZhu (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yuhan WangWang (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulrikke EikeriEikeri – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 1-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Xinyu WangWang (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Hanyu GuoGuo (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Viktoria HruncakovaHruncakova (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nao HibinoHibino – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Amina AnshbaAnshba (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ulrikke EikeriEikeri – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiaodi YouYou – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Valeria SavinykhSavinykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
