Yulia Starodubtsewa and Gabriela Andrea Knutson will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on Court 17. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yulia Starodubtsewa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yulia Starodubtsewa is the pick to win this match.
Yulia Starodubtsewa -> 1.69
Gabriela Andrea Knutson -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Yulia Starodubtsewa vs. Gabriela Andrea Knutson

This will be the 2nd time that Yulia Starodubtsewa and Gabriela Andrea Knutson fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Andrea Knutson (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Andrea Knutson won 7-5 7-6(6) in the 1st round in the W60 Rome back in 2023.

Yulia Starodubtsewa

Yulia Starodubtsewa

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
97
High
79
LLLLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-26 26-15 9-9 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 46-17 20-5 19-10 7-2 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 152, Starodubtsewa reached the qualifications after defeating Martina Capurro Taborda 6-3 6-0 and Harriet Dart 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Starodubtsewa had a good straight sets win against Dart (6-4 6-4). During the match, Starodubtsewa scored 70 points vs Dart’s 60. Yulia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Starodubtsewa managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Yulia Starodubtsewa lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtsewa put 41% of her first serves in, winning 71% (20/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Starodubtsewa broke Dart 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yulia started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Starodubtsewa has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of her matches (76-39). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Starodubtsewa has an aggregate32-13 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Starodubtsewa's Record

Gabriela Andrea Knutson

Gabriela Andrea Knutson

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
235
High
155
LWLWLWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-27 27-15 0-4 5-6 2-2 0-0
2023 54-23 33-13 2-3 19-7 0-0 0-0
2022 32-17 14-8 5-4 13-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 168, the Czech reached the qualifications after defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam 2-6 6-1 6-2 and Raluca Georgiana Serban 6-1 5-7 6-1.

In the qualifications, Andrea Knutson defeated Georgiana Serban (6-1 5-7 6-1). During the match Andrea Knutson scored 101 points vs Georgiana Serban’s 80. Andrea Knutson was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Andrea Knutson was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Gabriela Andrea Knutson lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Andrea Knutson put 62% of her first serves in, winning 61% (36/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Andrea Knutson broke Georgiana Serban 9 times after converting 53% of her break points (9/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

The Czech has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Australian Open
Andrea Knutson's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Starodubtsewa
G.Andrea Knutson
2h:58
2h:58
Time on court​
3h:57
3h:57
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
!
2h:19
2h:19
2
2
Match played
2
2
35
35
Games Played​
49
49
4
4
Set played​​
6
6
128
128
Total points​
177
177
64
64
Avg point​
88.5
88.5
40
40
Winners
68
68
20
20
Avg Winners​
34
34
31%
31%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
4
4
Double Faults
12
12
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
40/55
40/55
1st won total​
68/104
68/104
!
73%
73%
1st won %
65%
65%
29/53
29/53
2nd won total​
28/62
28/62
55%
55%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
10/24
10/24
BP won
14/28
14/28
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
7/14
7/14
42%
42%
Won
50%
50%
11
11
Conceded
14
14
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
7
7
4
4
Broken
8
8
2
2
Avg Broken
4
4
7
7
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Starodubtsewa Andrea Knutson
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 6
Tot Games 35 49
Pts 128-93 177-143
Total Points 221 320
Winners 40 68
%Winners 31% 38%

Both Starodubtsewa and Andrea Knutson played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gabriela Andrea Knutson surrendered 2 sets while Yulia Starodubtsewa hasn’t dropped a set so far. Starodubtsewa has played 2 set(s) less than Andrea Knutson (4 vs 6). Therefore, Starodubtsewa played 14 games less than Andrea Knutson. The Ukrainian scored 40 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 68 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Starodubtsewa Andrea Knutson
Aces 5 3
Avg per match 2.5 1.5
1st in 55/108 104/166
%1st in 51% 63%
1st pts 40/55 68/104
%1st pts 73% 65%
2nd pts 29/53 28/62
%2nd pts 55% 45%

Starodubtsewa made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Andrea Knutson fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Starodubtsewa won 73% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Andrea Knutson won 65% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Starodubtsewa Andrea Knutson
Won 10 14
Converted 10/24 14/28
% Converted 42% 50%
Conceded 11 14
Saved 7 6
% Saved 64% 43%
Times Broken 4 8

Starodubtsewa broke her opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponents 14 times with a 50% conversion rate. Andrea Knutson conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 43% of the break points that she conceded.

Starodubtsewa
Q1
Capurro Taborda
Q2
Dart
Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 20 35
pts 58-33 70-60 128-93
Total points 91 130 221
Winners 20 20 40
%Winners 34% 29% 31%
SERVE
Aces 3 2 5
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 27/40 28/68 55/108
% 1st in 68% 41% 51%
1st pts 20/27 20/28 40/55
% 1st pts 74% 71% 73%
2nd pts 9/13 20/40 29/53
% 2nd pts 69% 50% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/12 5/12 10/24
Converted % 42% 42% 42%
Conceded 4 7 11
Saved 3/4 4/7 7
Saved % 75% 57% 66%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Andrea Knutson
Q1
Friedsam
Q2
Georgiana Serban
Total
Score 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-1 5-7 6-1
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 23 26 49
pts 76-63 101-80 177-143
Total points 139 181 320
Winners 32 36 68
%Winners 42% 36% 38%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 3
Double Faults 7 5 12
1st in 45/71 59/95 104/166
% 1st in 63% 62% 63%
1st pts 32/45 36/59 68/104
% 1st pts 71% 61% 65%
2nd pts 12/26 16/36 28/62
% 2nd pts 46% 44% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 9 14
Converted 5/11 9/17 14/28
Converted % 45% 53% 50%
Conceded 6 8 14
Saved 3/6 3/8 6
Saved % 50% 38% 44%
Times Broken 3 5 8

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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