Jannik Sinner and Botic Van De Zandschulp will play each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.127
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 6.05

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner

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Rank
2
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 58-6 24-3 11-2 15-0 8-1 0-0
2024 73-8 40-5 11-2 13-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 4 (career-high), he will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in 2 where he beat 6-3 6-0 to De Minaur in the Rubber 2 on the 26th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about his overall career, Sinner has an overall 273-113 record. He has a positive 98-41 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Sinner's Record

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Botic Van De Zandschulp

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Rank
77
High
22
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-32 13-11 11-10 4-9 1-2 0-0
2024 33-33 9-11 16-12 7-8 1-2 0-0
2023 27-25 10-9 4-6 12-7 1-3 0-0
2022 38-29 14-11 11-7 7-7 6-4 0-0
2021 53-23 17-5 24-10 9-5 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 59, the Dutch will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Tabilo

in the 2nd round on the 10th of January.

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

In terms of his career, Botic has an overall 315-176 record. He has a positive 54-34 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Van De Zandschulp's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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