Astra Sharma and Maria Timofeeva will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Timofeeva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maria Timofeeva is the pick to win this match.
Maria Timofeeva -> 1.84
Astra Sharma -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Astra Sharma vs. Maria Timofeeva
There is no head to head record between Astra Sharma and Maria Timofeeva since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Astra Sharma
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-27 | 4-8 | 8-16 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-20 | 16-8 | 25-11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-26 | 11-18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, Sharma reached the qualifications after defeating Francisca Jorge 6-73 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Jorge, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 6-3). During the match, Sharma scored 112 points vs Jorge’s 98. Sharma was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sharma bagged 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Astra Sharma lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sharma put 59% of her first serves in, winning 84% (46/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Astra broke Jorge 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).
Sharma has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (198-130). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sharma has a composed105-76 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Australian has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Maria Timofeeva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-10 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-19 | 15-6 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-21 | 21-11 | 7-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-19 | 22-11 | 13-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 11-4 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, Timofeeva reached the qualifications after defeating Darya Astakhova 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Astakhova (6-2 6-3). During the match Timofeeva scored 58 points vs Astakhova’s 41. Timofeeva was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Timofeeva bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Maria Timofeeva was quite effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Astakhova 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Timofeeva has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sharma | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 |
| Pts | 112-98 | 58-41 |
| Total Points | 210 | 99 |
| Winners | 46 | 24 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Sharma and Timofeeva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Astra Sharma dropped 1 set while Maria Timofeeva hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sharma has played 1 set more than Timofeeva (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sharma played 14 games more than Timofeeva. Astra scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sharma | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 32/45 |
| %1st in | 59% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | 24/32 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 54% |
Sharma struck 3 aces . Timofeeva recorded 2 aces . Sharma won 84% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Timofeeva won 75% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sharma | Timofeeva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 31% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Sharma broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Astra dropped her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sharma | |||
| Q1 Jorge |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 112-98 | 112-98 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 55/94 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/55 | 46/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Timofeeva | |||
| Q1 Astakhova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-41 | 58-41 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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