Robin Montgomery and Nao Hibino will play each other in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 3 sets.
Nao Hibino -> 1.89
Robin Montgomery -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Robin Montgomery vs. Nao Hibino
There is no head to head record between Robin Montgomery and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Robin Montgomery
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-23 | 9-9 | 14-10 | 2-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 11-11 | 10-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-16 | 23-12 | 4-2 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-9 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Montgomery got to the 2nd round after beating Mai Hontama 6-3 2-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Montgomery defeated Hontama (6-3 2-6 6-0). During the match, Montgomery scored 83 points vs Hontama’s 71. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Montgomery recorded 6 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Robin Montgomery lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Montgomery put 66% of her first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Montgomery broke Hontama 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).
Montgomery has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of her matches (122-79). 1-0 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Montgomery has an aggregate64-44 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Robin has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 145, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Elyse Tse 6-4 6-2, Sachia Vickery 6-4 6-2 and Jule Niemeier 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nao had a good straight sets win against Niemeier (6-3 6-4). During the match Hibino scored 72 points vs Niemeier’s 63. Nao was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Hibino managed to score 3 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 70% of her first serves in, winning 60% (29/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Niemeier 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).
The Japanese has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Montgomery | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 55 |
| Pts | 83-71 | 199-152 |
| Total Points | 154 | 351 |
| Winners | 32 | 71 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Montgomery played 1 match while Hibino competed in 3 matches. Hibino started her run from the qualifications while Montgomery had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Robin Montgomery surrendered 1 set while Nao Hibino hasn’t dropped a set so far. Montgomery has played 3 set(s) less than Hibino (3 vs 6). Therefore, Montgomery played 32 games less than Hibino. Robin scored 32 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nao blasted 71 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Montgomery | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 48/73 | 129/189 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 71/129 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 55% |
Montgomery fired 6 aces . Hibino made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Montgomery won 67% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 55% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Montgomery | Hibino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 18 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 18/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 69% |
| Conceded | 8 | 25 |
| Saved | 4 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
The American broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Robin lost her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 18 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 10 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded.
| Montgomery | |||
| R1 Hontama | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 83-71 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 9/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Hibino | |||||
| Q1 Tse | Q3 Vickery | R1 Niemeier | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 59-41 | 68-48 | 72-63 | 199-152 | |
| Total points | 100 | 116 | 135 | 351 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 29 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 39/55 | 42/65 | 48/69 | 129/189 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 20/39 | 22/42 | 29/48 | 71/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 52% | 60% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 15/23 | 10/21 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 65% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 6/7 | 5/11 | 18/26 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 86% | 45% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5/8 | 5/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 63% | 63% | 182% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
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