Kimberly Birrell and Veronika Erjavec will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.57
Veronika Erjavec -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Veronika Erjavec
There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Veronika Erjavec since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kimberly Birrell
25 - 20win/loss
115
100
LWLWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 12-4 | 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. 147, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Robin Montgomery 7-6(4) 4-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Birrell defeated Montgomery (7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match, Birrell scored 112 points vs Montgomery’s 101. Birrell was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Birrell wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 66% of her first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Montgomery 5 times after converting 29% of her break points (5/17).
Birrell has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (193-167). 6-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Birrell has an overall 136-109 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Fukuoka where she overcame Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.
Birrell has an aggregate 24-20 win-loss record in 2024, 6-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Veronika Erjavec
34 - 21win/loss
171
168
LWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-29 | 2-4 | 36-16 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-22 | 0-0 | 42-16 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-27 | 0-0 | 35-22 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 17-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 206, the Slovenian reached the qualifications after defeating Manon Leonard 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Leonard (6-2 6-4). During the match Erjavec scored 64 points vs Leonard’s 51. The Slovenian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Erjavec managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Veronika Erjavec was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Veronika broke Leonard 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Koper where she overcame Polona Hercog in the final 6-4 6-3 and the W35 Horb where she defeated Julie Struplova in the final 7-5 6-0.
The Slovenian has an aggregate 34-20 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
The Slovenian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Birrell | Erjavec |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 18 |
| Pts | 112-101 | 64-51 |
| Total Points | 213 | 115 |
| Winners | 45 | 29 |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% |
Both Birrell and Erjavec played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set while Veronika Erjavec hasn’t lost a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set more than Erjavec (3 vs 2). Therefore, Birrell played 13 games more than Erjavec. The Australian scored 45 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian scored 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Birrell | Erjavec |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 62/94 | 37/59 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 55% |
Birrell didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Erjavec struck 2 aces . Birrell won 73% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Erjavec won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Birrell | Erjavec |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 56% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Kimberly broke her opponent 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. Birrell lost her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Erjavec broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovenian was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Birrell | |||
| Q1 Montgomery |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 112-101 | 112-101 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/94 | 62/94 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Erjavec | |||
| Q1 Leonard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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