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

Nao Hibino

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Rank
174
High
56
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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
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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

Nanchang
Hibino's Record

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

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Rank
94
High
60
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 41-29 31-17 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
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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).

Nanchang
Birrell's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Hibino
K.Birrell
2h:02
2h:02
Time on court​
1h:59
1h:59
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2h:02
2h:02
Last match​
1h:59
1h:59
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
24
24
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
89
89
Total points​
80
80
89
89
Avg point​
80
80
36
36
Winners
20
20
36
36
Avg Winners​
20
20
40%
40%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
4
4
Avg Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
36/62
36/62
1st won total​
20/38
20/38
58%
58%
1st won %
53%
53%
17/29
17/29
2nd won total​
18/32
18/32
59%
59%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
6/14
6/14
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
6/14
6/14
50%
50%
Won
43%
43%
14
14
Conceded
9
9
14
14
Avg Conceded
9
9
4
4
Broken
4
4
4
4
Avg Broken
4
4
10
10
Saved
5
5
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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

Tennis Scores in Nanchang

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