Kimberly Birrell and Saisai Zheng will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.066
Saisai Zheng -> 8.7

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Saisai Zheng

There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Saisai Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

35 - 25win/loss

Hard
17-17
I Hard
0-3
Clay
1-1
Grass
12-4
Carpet
5-0
Rank
113
High
100
LLWLLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-30 22-19 1-1 1-6 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. 150, Birrell got to the 1st round after beating Sayaka Ishii 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Jessika Ponchet 7-5 3-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Ponchet (7-5 3-6 6-2). During the match, Birrell scored 90 points vs Ponchet’s 88. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Birrell blasted 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 66% of her first serves in, winning 72% (42/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Ponchet 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kimberly started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points she played.

Birrell has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (204-172). 17-17 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has a composed 147-114 record in the last years on hard.

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

The Australian has an overall 35-25 win-loss record in 2024, 17-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Osaka

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Osaka
Birrell's Record

Saisai Zheng

Saisai Zheng

0 - 7win/loss

Hard
0-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-2
Rank
695
High
34
LWLLLLLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 1-10 1-8 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-20 10-13 3-4 5-3 0-0 0-0
2020 10-5 10-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Chinese will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Hua Hin where she lost 2-6 6-3 6-3

to Fett in the 1st round on the 17th of September.

The Chinese has a compiled 0-7 win-loss record in 2024, 0-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Saisai has an overall 322-239 record. She has a positive 226-162 record on hard.

Osaka
Zheng's Record

Tennis Scores in Osaka

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