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.
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
35 - 25win/loss
114
100
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 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.
Saisai Zheng
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Jessika PonchetPonchet (6-4 5-7 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Katie VolynetsVolynets (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Suzan LamensLamens – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nao Hibino/Makoto NinomiyaHibino/Makoto Ninomiya – Miyu Kato/Nadiya KichenokKato/Nadiya Kichenok (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Cristina BucsaBucsa (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aoi ItoIto – Sofia KeninKenin (6-2 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuko Aoyama/Eri HozumiAoyama/Eri Hozumi – Mai Hontama/Moyuka UchijimaHontama/Moyuka Uchijima (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sabrina Santamaria/Qianhui TangSantamaria/Qianhui Tang – Katarzyna Piter/Fanny StollarPiter/Fanny Stollar (3-6 7-64 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roy HobbsHobbs – Shamirul Shahril Mohd Adam DasShahril Mohd Adam Das (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Connor FarrenFarren – Tom EvansEvans (6-2 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BrugnerottoBrugnerotto – Gabriel PetitPetit (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Siddharth VishwakarmaVishwakarma – Jake DelaneyDelaney (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cheong-Eui KimKim – Naru ShirafujiShirafuji (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Chien-Hsun LoLo (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Quentin RobertRobert – Cheng-Yu YuYu (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Eva LysLys – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Mai HontamaHontama (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Saisai ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Greetje MinnenMinnen (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Harriet DartDart (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction