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

Astra Sharma

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
236
High
84
LWLWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-28 4-8 9-17 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

Australian Open
Sharma's Record

Maria Timofeeva

Maria Timofeeva

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
138
High
93
LWWLWLWWWW
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.

Australian Open
Timofeeva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Sharma
M.Timofeeva
!
2h:39
2h:39
Time on court​
1h:11
1h:11
!
2h:39
2h:39
Last match​
1h:11
1h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
112
112
Total points​
58
58
112
112
Avg point​
58
58
46
46
Winners
24
24
46
46
Avg Winners​
24
24
41%
41%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
46/55
46/55
1st won total​
24/32
24/32
!
84%
84%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
19/39
19/39
2nd won total​
7/13
7/13
49%
49%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
5/9
5/9
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
31%
31%
Won
!
56%
56%
4
4
Conceded
3
3
4
4
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
2
2

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

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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