Marta Kostyuk and Elina Avanesyan will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on 1573 Arena. 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 Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.41
Elina Avanesyan -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Elina Avanesyan

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Elina Avanesyan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk

Marta Kostyuk

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
19
High
16
WWLWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-16 21-8 8-5 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 26-22 22-16 2-4 0-0 2-2 0-0
2022 28-20 18-11 3-4 4-3 3-2 0-0
2021 25-17 8-9 10-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2020 27-12 16-6 7-3 4-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 37, the Ukrainian reached the 3rd round after defeating Claire Liu 6-3 4-6 6-1 and Elise Mertens 5-7 6-1 7-66.

In the 2nd round against Mertens, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 7-66). During the match, Kostyuk scored 113 points vs Mertens’s 100. Marta was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kostyuk struck 3 aces and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 64% of her first serves in, winning 75% (52/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Kostyuk broke Mertens 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kostyuk has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Kostyuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of her matches (189-110). 5-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Kostyuk has a compiled96-56 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Ukrainian has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Kostyuk's Record

Elina Avanesyan

Elina Avanesyan

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
51
High
51
LLWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-20 9-9 11-7 1-1 5-3 0-0
2023 31-24 7-12 20-9 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-26 11-7 25-17 2-1 0-1 0-0
2021 48-19 0-0 48-18 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 14-8 4-2 10-6 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 74, Avanesyan reached the 3rd round after defeating Zhuoxuan Bai 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (6-4 6-4). During the match Avanesyan scored 77 points vs Sakkari’s 69. Avanesyan was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Avanesyan bagged 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 82% of her first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Avanesyan broke Sakkari 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Elina has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Elina has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See her history.

Australian Open
Avanesyan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Kostyuk
E.Avanesyan
4h:56
4h:56
Time on court​
4h:10
4h:10
!
2h:53
2h:53
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
2
2
Match played
2
2
58
58
Games Played​
50
50
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
199
199
Total points​
174
174
99.5
99.5
Avg point​
87
87
78
78
Winners
75
75
39
39
Avg Winners​
37.5
37.5
39%
39%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
2
2
Avg Aces
1
1
18
18
Double Faults
5
5
!
9
9
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
78/107
78/107
1st won total​
75/123
75/123
!
73%
73%
1st won %
61%
61%
41/78
41/78
2nd won total​
19/43
19/43
53%
53%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
10/16
10/16
BP won
12/25
12/25
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
6/12.5
6/12.5
!
63%
63%
Won
48%
48%
18
18
Conceded
18
18
9
9
Avg Conceded
9
9
6
6
Broken
8
8
3
3
Avg Broken
4
4
12
12
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kostyuk Avanesyan
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 58 50
Pts 199-167 174-157
Total Points 366 331
Winners 78 75
%Winners 39% 43%

Both Kostyuk and Avanesyan played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marta Kostyuk lost 2 sets, while Elina Avanesyan surrendered 1 set. Kostyuk has played 1 set more than Avanesyan (6 vs 5). Therefore, Kostyuk played 8 games more than Avanesyan. Kostyuk scored 78 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Elina struck 75 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kostyuk Avanesyan
Aces 4 2
Avg per match 2 1
1st in 107/185 123/166
%1st in 58% 74%
1st pts 78/107 75/123
%1st pts 73% 61%
2nd pts 41/78 19/43
%2nd pts 53% 44%

Kostyuk managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Avanesyan bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Kostyuk won 73% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Avanesyan won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kostyuk Avanesyan
Won 10 12
Converted 10/16 12/25
% Converted 63% 48%
Conceded 18 18
Saved 12 10
% Saved 67% 56%
Times Broken 6 8

The Ukrainian broke her opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Marta dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Avanesyan broke her opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Avanesyan conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded.

Kostyuk
R1
Liu
R2
Mertens
Total
Score 6-3 4-6 6-1 5-7 6-1 7-66
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 26 32 58
pts 86-67 113-100 199-167
Total points 153 213 366
Winners 26 52 78
%Winners 30% 46% 39%
SERVE
Aces 1 3 4
Double Faults 7 11 18
1st in 38/77 69/108 107/185
% 1st in 49% 64% 58%
1st pts 26/38 52/69 78/107
% 1st pts 68% 75% 73%
2nd pts 24/39 17/39 41/78
% 2nd pts 62% 44% 53%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/8 4/8 10/16
Converted % 75% 50% 63%
Conceded 5 13 18
Saved 2/5 10/13 12
Saved % 40% 77% 59%
Times Broken 3 3 6
Avanesyan
R1
Bai
R2
Sakkari
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 20 50
pts 97-88 77-69 174-157
Total points 185 146 331
Winners 38 37 75
%Winners 39% 48% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 2
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 65/95 58/71 123/166
% 1st in 68% 82% 74%
1st pts 38/65 37/58 75/123
% 1st pts 58% 64% 61%
2nd pts 13/30 6/13 19/43
% 2nd pts 43% 46% 44%
Breaks
Won 8 4 12
Converted 8/13 4/12 12/25
Converted % 62% 33% 48%
Conceded 12 6 18
Saved 6/12 4/6 10
Saved % 50% 67% 59%
Times Broken 6 2 8

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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