Fiona Ferro and Mccartney Kessler will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on Court 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fiona Ferro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Fiona Ferro is the pick to win this match.
Fiona Ferro -> 1.86
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Fiona Ferro vs. Mccartney Kessler

There is no head to head record between Fiona Ferro and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Fiona Ferro

Fiona Ferro

6 - 1win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
212
High
39
LWLLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-18 6-2 7-11 2-3 0-2 0-0
2023 49-23 13-4 31-15 5-4 0-0 0-0
2022 8-15 1-5 5-9 0-0 2-1 0-0
2021 20-23 10-11 5-4 5-5 0-3 0-0
2020 12-6 2-3 8-1 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 154, Fiona got to the 1st round after beating Rebecca Sramkova 3-6 6-4 6-1, Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 6-1 and Polina Kudermetova 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ferro defeated Kudermetova (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Ferro scored 82 points vs Kudermetova’s 77. Fiona was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ferro couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Fiona Ferro lost the serve 6 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ferro put 75% of her first serves in, winning 54% (32/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kudermetova 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ferro started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Ferro has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of her matches (257-199). 6-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Ferro has an aggregate 56-52 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Ferro has an overall 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Ferro's Record

Mccartney Kessler

Mccartney Kessler

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
63
High
63
LWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-18 24-9 2-6 5-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-24 21-12 11-7 12-5 0-0 0-0
2022 8-2 6-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 10-5 10-3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 207 (career-high), Kessler will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sun in the 1st round on the 2nd of January.

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

In terms of her career, The American has an overall 74-37 record. She has a positive 49-22 record on hard.

Australian Open
Kessler's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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