Storm Hunter and Dominika Salkova will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 7. 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 Storm Hunter who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Storm Hunter is the pick to win this match.
Storm Hunter -> 1.37
Dominika Salkova -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Storm Hunter vs. Dominika Salkova
There is no head to head record between Storm Hunter and Dominika Salkova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Kaia Kanepi 6-3 6-2 and Celine Naef 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Sanders had a good straight sets win against Naef (6-3 7-64). During the match, Sanders scored 92 points vs Naef’s 84. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sanders recorded 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Storm Hunter lost the serve 4 times and she saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Sanders put 63% of her first serves in, winning 63% (40/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (12/37) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Naef 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Storm started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.
Sanders has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (159-117). 2-0 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Sanders has a compiled 89-70 record in the last years on hard.
Storm has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Dominika Salkova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-19 | 2-1 | 12-8 | 19-8 | 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), the Czech got to the qualifications after beating Jana Fett 7-5 3-6 7-5 and Nigina Abduraimova 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Abduraimova (7-5 6-4). During the match Salkova scored 70 points vs Abduraimova’s 63. Salkova was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Salkova made 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Dominika Salkova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Salkova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Abduraimova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Salkova started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points she played.
The Czech has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanders | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 55 |
| Pts | 158-132 | 177-162 |
| Total Points | 290 | 339 |
| Winners | 60 | 69 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Sanders and Salkova played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dominika Salkova conceded 1 set while Storm Hunter hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sanders has played 1 set(s) less than Salkova (4 vs 5). Therefore, Sanders played 16 games less than Salkova. Storm scored 60 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Salkova scored 69 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanders | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 91/144 | 103/164 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 60/91 | 69/103 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/53 | 25/61 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 41% |
Sanders struck 6 aces (3 per match). Salkova scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Sanders won 66% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Salkova won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sanders | Salkova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/21 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 57% | 48% |
| Conceded | 22 | 18 |
| Saved | 16 | 8 |
| % Saved | 73% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 10 |
Storm broke her opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Storm conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. Dominika broke her opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Salkova conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Sanders | ||||
| Q1 Kanepi |
Q2 Naef |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 92-84 | 158-132 | |
| Total points | 114 | 176 | 290 | |
| Winners | 20 | 40 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 28/44 | 63/100 | 91/144 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 40/63 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 12/37 | 19/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 32% | 36% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/9 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 14/18 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 78% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Salkova | ||||
| Q1 Fett |
Q2 Abduraimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-5 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 22 | 55 | |
| pts | 107-99 | 70-63 | 177-162 | |
| Total points | 206 | 133 | 339 | |
| Winners | 42 | 27 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 65/107 | 38/57 | 103/164 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 42/65 | 27/38 | 69/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 8/19 | 25/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 5/11 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 4 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/14 | 1/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
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