Raluca Georgiana Serban and Despina Papamichail will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 16. 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 Raluca Georgiana Serban who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raluca Georgiana Serban is the pick to win this match.
Raluca Georgiana Serban -> 1.63
Despina Papamichail -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Raluca Georgiana Serban vs. Despina Papamichail

This will be the 4th time that Raluca Georgiana Serban and Despina Papamichail square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Papamichail (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Georgiana Serban won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 in the qualifications in Warsaw back in 2022.

Raluca Georgiana Serban

Raluca Georgiana Serban

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
210
High
152
LWWWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-29 2-5 24-17 7-6 0-1 0-0
2023 37-28 12-11 22-13 1-2 2-2 0-0
2022 36-17 5-5 25-9 5-2 1-1 0-0
2021 25-11 10-2 11-7 4-2 0-0 0-0
2020 11-4 0-0 4-2 7-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 177, the Cypriot will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 to Waltert in the qualifications on the 31st of December.

Raluca has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Cypriot has an overall 265-135 record. She has a positive 86-45 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019 and 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Georgiana Serban's Record

Despina Papamichail

Despina Papamichail

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
281
High
143
LWLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-29 5-11 17-17 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 30-37 21-17 6-18 1-1 2-1 0-0
2022 32-36 12-13 18-20 1-2 1-1 0-0
2021 39-30 10-9 29-20 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 6-11 1-1 2-3 3-7 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 219, Papamichail will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Uruguay where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Parry in the 2nd round on the 7th of December.

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

In terms of her career, The Greek has an overall 433-336 record. She has a positive 162-109 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Australian Open
Papamichail's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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