Kamilla Rakhimova and Kimberly Birrell will play each other in the 1^st round of the China Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.615
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Kamilla Rakhimova vs. Kimberly Birrell

This will be the 3^rd time that Kamilla Rakhimova and Kimberly Birrell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rakhimova and Birrell (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Birrell won 4-6 6-2 7-6(2) in the qualifications in Beijing back in September 2024.

Kamilla Rakhimova

Ranked no. 71, Kamilla got to the 1^st round after beating Yihan Qu 6-4 6-3.

Rakhimova has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of her matches (208-146). 19-17 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Rakhimova has an aggregate95-63 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Kamilla has an aggregate 31-28 win-loss record in 2024, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 146, Kimberly got to the 1^st round after beating Natalija Stevanovic 6-0 6-1 and Kamilla Rakhimova 4-6 6-2 7-6(2).

In the qualifications against Rakhimova, Birrell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-6²). During the match Birrell scored 120 points vs Rakhimova’s 107. Kimberly was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Birrell bagged 2 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 3 times and she saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (49/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Rakhimova 4 times after converting 27% of her break points (4/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Birrell started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W75 Fukuoka where she defeated Emina Bektas in the final 6-2 6-4.

Birrell has an aggregate 32-23 win-loss record in 2024, 14-15 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	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	19	44
Pts	73-54	174-135
Total Points	127	309
Winners	28	66
%Winners	38%	38%

Rakhimova played 1 match while Birrell competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set while Kamilla Rakhimova hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rakhimova has played 3 set(s) less than Birrell (2 vs 5). Therefore, Rakhimova played 25 games less than Birrell. Kamilla scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Birrell made 66 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rakhimova	Birrell
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	3	3
1st in	39/69	95/155
%1st in	57%	61%
1st pts	28/39	66/95
%1st pts	72%	69%
2nd pts	14/30	30/60
%2nd pts	47%	50%

Rakhimova managed to score 3 aces . Birrell managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Rakhimova won 72% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 69% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rakhimova	Birrell
Won	5	11
Converted	5/9	11/25
% Converted	56%	44%
Conceded	8	18
Saved	6	14
% Saved	75%	78%
Times Broken	2	4

Kamilla broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kamilla lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 78% of the break points that she conceded.

Rakhimova
	Q1 Qu	Q3 Birrell	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	4-6 6-2 7-62
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	31	50
pts	73-54	–	73-54
Total points	127	0	127
Winners	28		28
%Winners	38%	0%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3
Double Faults	4		4
1st in	39/69	/	39/69
% 1st in	57%	0%	57%
1st pts	28/39	/	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	0%	72%
2nd pts	14/30	/	14/30
% 2nd pts	47%	0%	47%
Breaks
Won	5		5
Converted	5/9	/	5/9
Converted %	56%	0%	56%
Conceded	8		8
Saved	6/8	0/	6
Saved %	75%	–	38%
Times Broken	2		2

Birrell
	Q1 Kostic	Q3 Rakhimova	Total
Score	6-0 6-1	4-6 6-2 7-62
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	13	31	44
pts	54-28	120-107	174-135
Total points	82	227	309
Winners	17	49	66
%Winners	31%	41%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	4	9	13
1st in	24/41	71/114	95/155
% 1st in	59%	62%	61%
1st pts	17/24	49/71	66/95
% 1st pts	71%	69%	69%
2nd pts	8/17	22/43	30/60
% 2nd pts	47%	51%	50%
Breaks
Won	7	4	11
Converted	7/10	4/15	11/25
Converted %	70%	27%	44%
Conceded	3	15	18
Saved	2/3	12/15	14
Saved %	67%	80%	74%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Erika AndreevaAndreeva (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diane ParryParry – En Shuo LiangShuo Liang (4-6 6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clara BurelBurel – Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch (6-3 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (6-2 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sofia KeninKenin – Ana BogdanBogdan (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Mccartney KesslerKessler (7-6⁵ 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuliia StarodubtsevaStarodubtseva – Laura Siegemund
  Siegemund (6-4 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Dalma GalfiGalfi (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Robin StanekStanek – Samuel HodorHodor (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David PoljakPoljak – Isa MammetgulyyevMammetgulyyev (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mikalai HaliakHaliak – David MrazekMrazek (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel KotovKotov – Dominik LangmajerLangmajer (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik RiklRikl – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Roman BoychukBoychuk (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michal KonecnyKonecny – Marek GengelGengel (6-3 6-7⁸ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tomas MachacMachac – Daniel RabasRabas (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Matvey KhomentovskiyKhomentovskiy (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tadeas ParoulekParoulek – Mark MandlikMandlik (6-2 1-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez – Petr MichnevMichnev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pavel NejedlyNejedly – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander VasilenkoVasilenko – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elina AvanesyanElina – Emina BektasEmina (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Peyton StearnsPeyton – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroJessica (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

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• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Sijia WeiWei (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (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
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• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Xiyu WangWang (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Meiling WangWang – Jana FettFett (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Qiang WangWang – Alycia ParksParks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mai HontamaHontama – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Katie VolynetsVolynets (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Taylor TownsendTownsend (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara BurelBurel – Cori GauffGauff (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diane ParryParry – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H and prediction