Ons Jabeur and Yulia Starodubtsewa will face off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:00 pm on Margaret Court 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 Ons Jabeur who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ons Jabeur is the pick to win this match.
Ons Jabeur -> 1.111
Yulia Starodubtsewa -> 6.6

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Prediction and head to head Ons Jabeur vs. Yulia Starodubtsewa

There is no head to head record between Ons Jabeur and Yulia Starodubtsewa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ons Jabeur

Ons Jabeur

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
10
High
2
WLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-12 2-5 8-5 0-0 5-2 0-0
2023 36-17 18-11 11-3 0-0 7-3 0-0
2022 47-17 19-12 17-4 0-0 11-1 0-0
2021 48-19 25-12 13-4 0-1 10-2 0-0
2020 23-11 18-8 3-2 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 6, the Tunisian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Cancun where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Swiatek in the round robin on the 3rd of November.

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

Talking about her overall career, Jabeur has an overall 443-233 record. She has a positive 169-121 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See her history.

Australian Open
Jabeur's Record

Yulia Starodubtsewa

Yulia Starodubtsewa

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
153
High
129
WWWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-14 7-5 9-8 0-0 5-1 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 got to the 1st round after beating Martina Capurro Taborda 6-3 6-0, Harriet Dart 6-4 6-4 and Gabriela Andrea Knutson 6-4 1-6 7-64.

In the qualifications, Yulia defeated Andrea Knutson (6-4 1-6 7-64). During the match Starodubtsewa scored 110 points vs Andrea Knutson’s 105. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Starodubtsewa scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Yulia Starodubtsewa lost the serve 6 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Starodubtsewa 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. The Ukrainian broke Andrea Knutson 5 times after converting 25% of her break points (5/20).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Ukrainian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Starodubtsewa has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Starodubtsewa's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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