Kaia Kanepi and Storm Hunter will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 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 Kaia Kanepi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kaia Kanepi is the pick to win this match.
Kaia Kanepi -> 1.61
Storm Hunter -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Kaia Kanepi vs. Storm Hunter
This will be the 2nd time that Kaia Kanepi and Storm Hunter fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kanepi won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in 2023.
Kaia Kanepi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-22 | 6-10 | 11-9 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-19 | 15-11 | 10-4 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 16-8 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-5 | 1-3 | 6-1 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, Kanepi will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the Angers where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Paquet in the 1st round on the 5th of December.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about her overall career, The Estonian has an overall 499-306 record. She has a positive 186-142 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.
Storm Hunter
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-5 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-15 | 12-10 | 9-4 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 17-12 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-15 | 10-7 | 11-5 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-7 | 6-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Billie Jean King Cup, Finals where she beat 7-6(2) 6-4 to Danilina in the Rubber 1 on the 9th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of her career, The Australian has an overall 211-163 record. She has a positive 124-101 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022 and 2023. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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