Ekaterina Makarova (1996) and Moyuka Uchijima will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on Court 16. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Moyuka Uchijima who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Moyuka Uchijima is the pick to win this match.
Moyuka Uchijima -> 1.26
Ekaterina Makarova (1996) -> 3.7

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Makarova (1996) vs. Moyuka Uchijima

This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Makarova (1996) and Moyuka Uchijima clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Uchijima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Uchijima won 6-4 6-1 in the final in the W40 Navi Mumbai back in 2023.

Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

Ekaterina Makarova (1996)

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
177
High
158
LLLWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-21 2-7 11-12 0-0 0-2 0-0
2023 57-37 14-8 38-24 5-4 0-1 0-0
2022 45-32 9-7 31-14 5-9 0-1 0-1
2021 38-31 6-3 22-19 8-8 0-0 2-1
2020 4-2 0-0 1-1 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 161 (career-high), Ekaterina will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the W40 Navi Mumbai where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Uchijima in the final on the 31st of December.

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

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 205-146 record. She has a positive 52-27 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Makarova (1996)'s Record

Moyuka Uchijima

Moyuka Uchijima

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
68
High
68
LLLWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-13 17-4 22-3 2-3 2-3 0-0
2023 35-34 23-21 7-9 4-2 1-2 0-0
2022 54-28 24-15 19-5 11-6 0-2 0-0
2021 30-9 19-5 8-3 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 10-6 9-5 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 170, will start her run at the Melbourne after she won the title in the W40 Navi Mumbai after beating 6-4 6-1 Makarova (1996) in the final.

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

Moyuka won her last 5 matches.

In terms of her career, Uchijima has an overall 188-130 record. She has a positive 114-82 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Uchijima's Record

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