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

Storm Hunter

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
144
High
114
LWWWLWLWWL
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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
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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

Australian Open
Sanders's Record

Dominika Salkova

Dominika Salkova

2 - 0win/loss

Hard
2-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
149
High
143
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-15 2-1 8-6 13-6 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
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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.

Australian Open
Salkova's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Sanders
D.Salkova
3h:15
3h:15
Time on court​
3h:36
3h:36
1h:56
1h:56
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
55
55
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
158
158
Total points​
177
177
79
79
Avg point​
88.5
88.5
60
60
Winners
69
69
30
30
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
38%
38%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
3
3
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
8
8
Double Faults
11
11
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
5.5
5.5
60/91
60/91
1st won total​
69/103
69/103
66%
66%
1st won %
67%
67%
19/53
19/53
2nd won total​
25/61
25/61
!
36%
36%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
12/21
12/21
BP won
12/25
12/25
6/10.5
6/10.5
Avg BP won
6/12.5
6/12.5
!
57%
57%
Won
48%
48%
22
22
Conceded
18
18
11
11
Avg Conceded
9
9
6
6
Broken
10
10
3
3
Avg Broken
!
5
5
16
16
Saved
8
8
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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

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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