Tena Lukas and Ivana Popovic will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivana Popovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ivana Popovic is the pick to win this match.
Ivana Popovic -> 1.833
Tena Lukas -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Tena Lukas vs. Ivana Popovic

There is no head to head record between Tena Lukas and Ivana Popovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tena Lukas

Tena Lukas

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
259
High
200
LWLWWLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-28 0-1 32-22 3-4 1-1 0-0
2023 44-32 1-1 37-24 6-7 0-0 0-0
2022 40-29 1-4 39-24 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 11-28 0-2 11-20 0-5 0-0 0-1
2020 9-11 0-1 3-3 6-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 225, Lukas will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the W100 Dubai where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Hatouka in the 2nd round on the 6th of December.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about her overall career, Tena has an overall 291-224 record. She has a negative 5-13 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Tena has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Lukas's Record

Ivana Popovic

Ivana Popovic

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
612
High
354
LWLWWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-5 5-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 15-12 13-8 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 0-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 5-9 3-6 2-2 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 8-10 6-6 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 545, Ivana will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Belen Teichmann in the qualifications on the 31st of December.

Popovic has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Ivana has an overall 69-71 record. She has a negative 41-45 record on hard.

Australian Open
Popovic's Record

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