Jessika Ponchet and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 9. 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 -> 1.86
Jessika Ponchet -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Jessika Ponchet vs. Kimberly Birrell

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

The last time that they competed against each other, Birrell won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Landisville back in 2018.

Jessika Ponchet

Ranked no. 109, Jessika reached the qualifications after defeating Qiang Wang 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Ponchet had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 6-3). During the match, Ponchet scored 66 points vs Wang’s 50. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ponchet fired 2 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Jessika Ponchet was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of her 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jessika broke Wang 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Ponchet has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of her matches (299-198). 12-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ponchet has an aggregate103-66 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Boutheon and the W100 Ilkley.

Ponchet has an aggregate 30-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 138, Kimberly reached the qualifications after defeating Sayaka Ishii 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Ishii (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Birrell scored 95 points vs Ishii’s 81. Birrell was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Birrell made 6 aces and she was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kimberly Birrell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of her 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Birrell broke Ishii 4 times after converting 31% of her break points (4/13).

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

The Australian has a compiled 34-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ponchet	Birrell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	26
Pts	66-50	95-81
Total Points	116	176
Winners	23	36
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Ponchet and Birrell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set while Jessika Ponchet hasn’t lost a set so far. Ponchet has played 1 set(s) less than Birrell (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ponchet played 8 games less than Birrell. Ponchet scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 36 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ponchet	Birrell
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	28/48	51/77
%1st in	58%	66%
1st pts	23/28	36/51
%1st pts	82%	71%
2nd pts	14/20	17/26
%2nd pts	70%	65%

Ponchet scored 2 aces . Birrell blasted 6 aces . Ponchet won 82% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 70% 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 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ponchet	Birrell
Won	3	4
Converted	3/8	4/13
% Converted	38%	31%
Conceded	0	6
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	2

Jessika broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Jessika pretty solid on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Birrell broke her opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Birrell conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Ponchet
	Q1 Wang	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	66-50	66-50
Total points	116	116
Winners	23	23
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	28/48	28/48
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	23/28	23/28
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	14/20	14/20
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Birrell
	Q1 Ishii	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	95-81	95-81
Total points	176	176
Winners	36	36
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	51/77	51/77
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	36/51	36/51
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	17/26	17/26
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

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• David Agung SusantoAgung Susanto – Roy HobbsHobbs (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marco BrugnerottoBrugnerotto – Palaphoom KovapituktedKovapitukted (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

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