Kimberly Birrell and Lucrezia Stefanini will face off in the 2nd round of the Rothesay Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.6
Lucrezia Stefanini -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Lucrezia Stefanini since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kimberly Birrell
18 - 14win/loss
136
100
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 8-2 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 42-33 | 32-21 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 38-20 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Kimberly reached the 2nd round after beating Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-0, Destanee Aiava 6-2 6-2 and Emily Appleton 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Appleton (6-3 7-5). During the match, Birrell scored 76 points vs Appleton’s 61. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Birrell recorded 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 61% of her first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Appleton 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Birrell has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (191-164). 7-1 on grass in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has an aggregate 23-23 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W75 Fukuoka where she beat Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.
The Australian has an aggregate 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Lucrezia Stefanini
19 - 15win/loss
139
99
LWWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 5-2 | 6-8 | 5-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 22-12 | 6-6 | 4-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-30 | 16-7 | 13-13 | 5-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 24-15 | 16-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 8-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Stefanini got to the 2nd round after beating Amarni Banks 6-4 2-6 6-4, Talia Gibson 6-4 6-1 and Lin Zhu 7-64 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Zhu (7-64 3-6 7-5).During the match Stefanini scored less points (5) than Zhu. In fact, the world no. 148 won 107 points vs Zhu’s. That means that Stefanini was more focused during the important points. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Stefanini couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Lucrezia Stefanini lost the serve 7 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Stefanini put 77% of her first serves in, winning 58% (52/90) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (8/27) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Zhu 7 times after converting 88% of her break points (7/8).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the Novo where she beat Talia Gibson in the final 6-4 6-0.
The Italian has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Stefanini |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 79 |
| Pts | 204-138 | 256-242 |
| Total Points | 342 | 498 |
| Winners | 77 | 111 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Birrell and Stefanini played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Lucrezia Stefanini conceded 2 sets while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Birrell has played 2 set(s) less than Stefanini (6 vs 8). Therefore, Birrell played 29 games less than Stefanini. The Australian scored 77 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 111 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Stefanini |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 102/157 | 199/259 |
| %1st in | 65% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 77/102 | 111/199 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 56% |
| 2nd pts | 30/55 | 26/60 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 43% |
Birrell managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Stefanini scored 2 aces (0.7 per match). Birrell won 75% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Stefanini won 56% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Stefanini |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 20 |
| Converted | 15/27 | 20/29 |
| % Converted | 56% | 69% |
| Conceded | 12 | 36 |
| Saved | 9 | 19 |
| % Saved | 75% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 17 |
Birrell broke her opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. Birrell dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Lucrezia broke her opponents 20 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Italian conceded her serve 17 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Birrell | |||||
| Q1 Diyas |
Q3 Aiava |
R1 Appleton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 16 | 21 | 50 | |
| pts | 70-40 | 58-37 | 76-61 | 204-138 | |
| Total points | 110 | 95 | 137 | 342 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 33 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 43% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/36 | 30/44 | 47/77 | 102/157 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 61% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 25/30 | 33/47 | 77/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 8/14 | 17/30 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 57% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 67% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 71% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Stefanini | |||||
| Q1 Banks |
Q3 Gibson |
R1 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 34 | 79 | |
| pts | 88-86 | 61-44 | 107-112 | 256-242 | |
| Total points | 174 | 105 | 219 | 498 | |
| Winners | 36 | 23 | 52 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/90 | 38/52 | 90/117 | 199/259 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 73% | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 36/71 | 23/38 | 52/90 | 111/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 61% | 58% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 8/14 | 8/27 | 26/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 30% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 6/10 | 7/8 | 20/29 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 60% | 88% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 | 19 | 36 | |
| Saved | 5/12 | 2/5 | 12/19 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 40% | 63% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |
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