Nigina Abduraimova and Dominika Salkova will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominika Salkova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominika Salkova is the pick to win this match.
Dominika Salkova -> 1.68
Nigina Abduraimova -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Nigina Abduraimova vs. Dominika Salkova
There is no head to head record between Nigina Abduraimova and Dominika Salkova since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nigina Abduraimova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-24 | 7-14 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 35-37 | 13-12 | 16-15 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-30 | 27-14 | 3-5 | 13-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-10 | 9-6 | 5-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, the Uzbek reached the qualifications after defeating Laura Pigossi 5-7 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications against Pigossi, Nigina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-0). During the match, Abduraimova scored 106 points vs Pigossi’s 88. Nigina was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Abduraimova struck 5 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Nigina Abduraimova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Abduraimova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. The Uzbek broke Pigossi 7 times after converting 41% of her break points (7/17).
Abduraimova has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (228-168). 1-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Abduraimova has an aggregate 140-91 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Nigina has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Dominika Salkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-19 | 2-1 | 12-8 | 17-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-26 | 13-3 | 23-15 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-18 | 6-3 | 22-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 218 (career-high), Dominika got to the qualifications after beating Jana Fett 7-5 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Salkova defeated Fett (7-5 3-6 7-5). During the match Salkova scored 107 points vs Fett’s 99. Dominika was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Salkova wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 6 double faults. Dominika Salkova lost the serve 7 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Salkova put 61% of her first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. Salkova broke Fett 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Dominika has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Dominika has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Abduraimova | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 33 |
| Pts | 106-88 | 107-99 |
| Total Points | 194 | 206 |
| Winners | 44 | 42 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Abduraimova and Salkova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nigina Abduraimova dropped 1 set, while Dominika Salkova dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Abduraimova and Salkova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Abduraimova played 3 games less than Salkova. The Uzbek scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 42 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Abduraimova | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 65/107 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 42/65 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 17/42 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 40% |
Abduraimova managed to score 5 aces . Salkova didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Abduraimova won 72% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Salkova won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Abduraimova | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 41% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Nigina broke her opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Abduraimova dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Salkova broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dominika conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Abduraimova | |||
| Q1 Pigossi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 106-88 | 106-88 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 61/94 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Salkova | |||
| Q1 Fett |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 107-99 | 107-99 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 65/107 | 65/107 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 42/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 17/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/14 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
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