Kamilla Rakhimova and Kimberly Birrell will face off in the qualifications of the China Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Moon. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kamilla Rakhimova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kamilla Rakhimova is the pick to win this match.
Kamilla Rakhimova -> 1.51
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Kimberly Birrell

This will be the 2^nd time that Kamilla Rakhimova and Kimberly Birrell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rakhimova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Rakhimova won 6-2 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in Monterrey back in 2023.

Kamilla Rakhimova

Ranked no. 71, Kamilla reached the qualifications after beating Yihan Qu 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Kamilla had a good straight sets win against Qu (6-4 6-3). During the match, Rakhimova scored 73 points vs Qu’s 54. Rakhimova was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rakhimova made 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Kamilla Rakhimova lost the serve twice and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rakhimova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Rakhimova broke Qu 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Rakhimova has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (208-145). 19-16 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Rakhimova has a composed95-62 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the Guadalajara where she defeated Tatjana Maria in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3.

The Russian has a composed 31-27 win-loss record in 2024, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 146, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Natalija Stevanovic 6-0 6-1.

In the qualifications, Birrell had a good straight sets win against Kostic (6-0 6-1). During the match Birrell scored 54 points vs Kostic’s 28. Birrell was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Birrell made 4 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 59% of her first serves in, winning 71% (17/24) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Kostic 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Her best result of the season was winning the title the W75 Fukuoka where she beat Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.

The Australian has a composed 31-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rakhimova	Birrell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	13
Pts	73-54	54-28
Total Points	127	82
Winners	28	17
%Winners	38%	31%

Both Rakhimova and Birrell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rakhimova and Birrell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rakhimova played 6 games more than Birrell. The Russian scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 17 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rakhimova	Birrell
Aces	3	4
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	39/69	24/41
%1st in	57%	59%
1st pts	28/39	17/24
%1st pts	72%	71%
2nd pts	14/30	8/17
%2nd pts	47%	47%

Rakhimova fired 3 aces . Birrell made 4 aces . Rakhimova won 72% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rakhimova	Birrell
Won	5	7
Converted	5/9	7/10
% Converted	56%	70%
Conceded	8	3
Saved	6	2
% Saved	75%	67%
Times Broken	2	1

The Russian broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. Birrell broke her opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Kimberly conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Rakhimova
	Q1 Qu	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	73-54	73-54
Total points	127	127
Winners	28	28
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	39/69	39/69
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	14/30	14/30
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Birrell
	Q1 Kostic	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	54-28	54-28
Total points	82	82
Winners	17	17
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	24/41	24/41
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	17/24	17/24
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	8/17	8/17
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Antonin StepanekStepanek – Piotr GrynkowskiGrynkowski (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Daniel VrbaVrba (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo – David MrazekMrazek (6-4 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Jia-Jing LuLu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Priscilla HonHon (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Zeynep SonmezSonmez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Mai HontamaHontama (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Su Jeong JangJeong Jang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Heather WatsonWatson (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emina BektasBektas – Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yafan WangWang – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Jaqueline CristianCristian (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Harriet DartDart – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yexin MaMa – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Xiyu WangWang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Martina TrevisanTrevisan – Taylor TownsendTownsend (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Clara BurelBurel – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Ana BogdanBogdan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Bernarda PeraPera (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction