Emma Navarro and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the 2nd round of the Brisbane International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PAT RAFTER ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emma Navarro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emma Navarro is the pick to win this match.
Emma Navarro -> 1.168
Kimberly Birrell -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Emma Navarro vs. Kimberly Birrell
This will be the 2nd time that Emma Navarro and Kimberly Birrell face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Navarro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Navarro won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Hong Kong back in October 2024.
Highlights Emma Navarro vs Kimberly Birrell – Hong Kong 03-October-2024
Emma Navarro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-24 | 33-14 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-24 | 17-9 | 37-11 | 3-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-18 | 8-8 | 23-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-13 | 6-6 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), Navarro will start her run in Brisbane after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Frech in the 2nd round on the 9th of October.
The American has a compiled 54-24 win-loss record in 2024, 33-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Hobart where she overcame Elise Mertens in the final 6-1 4-6 7-5.
Talking about her overall career, Emma has an overall 203-111 record. She has a positive 71-50 record on hard.
Previously in Brisbane
Emma has never competed in this tournament before.
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 113, Birrell reached the 2nd round after defeating Priscilla Hon 3-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Hon, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Birrell scored 88 points vs Hon’s 75. Kimberly was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Birrell blasted 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 5 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 69% of her first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Hon 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
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 41-30 win-loss record in 2024, 22-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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LWWW Tennis Scores in Brisbane
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- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-60 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrik NemaNema – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool – Erik CrepaldiCrepaldi (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marek JaloviecJaloviec – Gabriel DonevDonev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aaron AddisonAddison – Henry CraigCraig (7-65 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Edan LeshemLeshem – Jonas TrinkerTrinker (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yshai OlielOliel – Robin StanekStanek (6-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ons JabeurOns – Ekaterina AlexandrovaEkaterina (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (3-6) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Magdalena FrechFrech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yue YuanYuan – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
