Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova will face off in the quarter of the Australian Open for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 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 Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.27
Barbora Krejcikova -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Barbora Krejcikova

This will be the 7^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Barbora Krejcikova clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-2 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Stuttgart back in 2023.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Barbora Krejcikova – Stuttgart 19-April-2023

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 2, the Belarussian reached the quarter after beating Ella Seidel 6-0 6-1, Brenda Fruhvirtova 6-3 6-2, Lesya Tsurenko 6-0 6-0 and Amanda Anisimova 6-3 6-2.

In the 4^th round, Sabalenka had a good straight sets win against Anisimova (6-3 6-2). During the match, Sabalenka scored 59 points vs Anisimova’s 39. The Belarussian was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sabalenka fired 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Aryna Sabalenka was very effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of her 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aryna broke Anisimova 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 64% of the points she played.

Sabalenka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 68% of her matches (326-155). 8-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Sabalenka has a composed197-86 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Aryna’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Brisbane.

The Belarussian has an aggregate 8-1 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Barbora Krejcikova

Ranked no. 11, Barbora reached the quarter after defeating Mai Hontama 2-6 6-4 6-3, Tamara Korpatsch 6-2 6-2, Storm Hunter 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Mirra Andreeva 4-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 4^th round against Andreeva, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Krejcikova scored 92 points vs Andreeva’s 74. Krejcikova was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Krejcikova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Barbora Krejcikova lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Krejcikova put 63% of her first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Andreeva 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Krejcikova has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

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

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sabalenka	Krejcikova
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	8	11
Tot Games	59	101
Pts	231-130	365-308
Total Points	361	673
Winners	91	140
%Winners	39%	38%

Both Sabalenka and Krejcikova played 4 matches. At the moment, Barbora Krejcikova dropped 3 sets while Aryna Sabalenka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sabalenka has played 3 set(s) less than Krejcikova (8 vs 11). Therefore, Sabalenka played 42 games less than Krejcikova. The Belarussian scored 91 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech fired 140 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sabalenka	Krejcikova
Aces	16	19
Avg per match	4	4.8
1st in	112/181	209/329
%1st in	62%	64%
1st pts	91/112	140/209
%1st pts	81%	67%
2nd pts	39/69	62/120
%2nd pts	57%	52%

Sabalenka recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Krejcikova made 19 aces (4.8 per match). Sabalenka won 81% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Krejcikova won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sabalenka	Krejcikova
Won	18	20
Converted	18/31	20/43
% Converted	58%	47%
Conceded	4	31
Saved	3	18
% Saved	75%	58%
Times Broken	1	13

The Belarussian broke her opponents 18 times with a 58% conversion rate. Sabalenka lost her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Krejcikova broke her opponents 20 times with a 47% conversion rate. Barbora conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.

Sabalenka
	R1 Seidel	R2 Fruhvirtova	R3 Tsurenko	R4 Anisimova	Total
Score	6-0 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-0 6-0	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	13	17	12	17	59
pts	56-26	62-41	54-24	59-39	231-130
Total points	82	103	78	98	361
Winners	24	21	19	27	91
%Winners	43%	34%	35%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	0	6	16
Double Faults	2	3	0	1	6
1st in	30/44	26/48	25/39	31/50	112/181
% 1st in	68%	54%	64%	62%	62%
1st pts	24/30	21/26	19/25	27/31	91/112
% 1st pts	80%	81%	76%	87%	81%
2nd pts	7/14	13/22	8/14	11/19	39/69
% 2nd pts	50%	59%	57%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	3	18
Converted	5/9	4/6	6/10	3/6	18/31
Converted %	56%	67%	60%	50%	58%
Conceded	0	2	1	1	4
Saved	0/0	1/2	1/1	1/1	3
Saved %	–	50%	100%	100%	63%
Times Broken	0	1	0	0	1

Krejcikova
	R1 Hontama	R2 Korpatsch	R3 Sanders	R4 Andreeva	Total
Score	2-6 6-4 6-3	6-2 6-2	4-6 7-5 6-3	4-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	11
Tot Games	27	16	31	27	101
pts	96-93	70-45	107-96	92-74	365-308
Total points	189	115	203	166	673
Winners	35	23	47	35	140
%Winners	36%	33%	44%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	8	1	19
Double Faults	1	0	7	5	13
1st in	61/91	27/42	66/109	55/87	209/329
% 1st in	67%	64%	61%	63%	64%
1st pts	35/61	23/27	47/66	35/55	140/209
% 1st pts	57%	85%	71%	64%	67%
2nd pts	12/30	11/15	21/43	18/32	62/120
% 2nd pts	40%	73%	49%	56%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	4	4	6	20
Converted	6/13	4/11	4/8	6/11	20/43
Converted %	46%	36%	50%	55%	47%
Conceded	12	2	8	9	31
Saved	6/12	2/2	5/8	5/9	18
Saved %	50%	100%	63%	56%	67%
Times Broken	6	0	3	4	13

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