Caroline Garcia and Naomi Osaka will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.87
Caroline Garcia -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Caroline Garcia vs. Naomi Osaka

This will be the 2nd time that Caroline Garcia and Naomi Osaka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Osaka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Osaka won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.

Highlights Naomi Osaka vs Caroline Garcia – Australian Open 10-February-2021

Caroline Garcia

Caroline Garcia

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
305
High
4
LLWLLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-9 4-8 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 17-17 10-10 6-6 0-0 1-1 0-0
2023 40-27 23-17 4-4 7-3 6-3 0-0
2022 46-21 21-13 11-4 4-1 10-3 0-0
2021 27-26 15-14 8-6 3-3 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 20, Garcia will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-4 5-7 6-4 to Ostapenko in the 2nd round on the 10th of January.

Caroline has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Garcia’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.

Talking about her overall career, Caroline has an overall 442-329 record. She has a positive 218-176 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2018 and 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Garcia's Record

Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
16
High
1
WWLWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 35-15 24-9 8-3 0-0 3-3 0-0
2024 22-18 13-10 5-5 1-0 3-3 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 14-9 13-7 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-6 16-4 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 833, Osaka will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Brisbane where she lost 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4 to Pliskova in the 2nd round on the 3rd of January.

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

In terms of her career, Osaka has an overall 239-128 record. She has a positive 170-80 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2021. See her history.

Australian Open
Osaka's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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