Nao Hibino and Jia-Jing Lu will face off in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nao Hibino who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.3
Jia-Jing Lu -> 3.52

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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Jia-Jing Lu

This will be the 3rd time that Nao Hibino and Jia-Jing Lu clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Hibino and Lu (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Lu won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Mumbai back in 2018.

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino

26 - 30win/loss

Hard
20-20
I Hard
2-0
Clay
2-7
Grass
2-3
Rank
152
High
56
LLWLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-32 21-21 2-7 2-1 2-3 0-0
2023 40-30 26-19 9-7 1-1 4-3 0-0
2022 36-29 26-19 7-8 3-2 0-0 0-0
2021 7-21 1-9 5-8 0-0 1-4 0-0
2020 13-10 9-7 4-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 159, the Japanese will start her run in Hong Kong after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 6-2 6-3 to Tauson in the 1st round on the 22nd of October.

Nao has a composed 26-30 win-loss record in 2024, 20-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Japanese has an overall 380-312 record. She has a positive 276-209 record on hard.

Previously in Hong Kong

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2018. See her history.

Hong Kong
Hibino's Record

Jia-Jing Lu

Jia-Jing Lu

31 - 22win/loss

Hard
27-19
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
Grass
1-2
Rank
251
High
162
LWWWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-24 30-21 3-1 0-0 1-2 0-0
2023 33-25 26-19 7-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 26-30 19-20 6-7 0-2 0-0 1-1
2021 11-23 8-8 0-8 3-5 0-1 0-1
2020 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 259, Jia-Jing reached the 1st round after defeating Nadiya Kolb 6-3 6-3.

The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the W50 Taizhou.

Lu has an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 27-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hong Kong

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017 and 2018. See her history.

Hong Kong
Lu's Record

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

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