Anastasia Potapova and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the 3rd round of the Brisbane International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on PAT RAFTER ARENA. 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 Anastasia Potapova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Anastasia Potapova is the pick to win this match.
Anastasia Potapova -> 1.52
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Anastasia Potapova vs. Kimberly Birrell
There is no head to head record between Anastasia Potapova and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Anastasia Potapova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-22 | 17-13 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-21 | 11-14 | 7-4 | 7-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-24 | 14-14 | 18-7 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 11-11 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Ana Bogdan 2-6 6-4 2-0 ret. and Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Yastremska (7-5 6-4). During the match, Potapova scored 77 points vs Yastremska’s 63. Anastasia was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Potapova scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Anastasia Potapova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Potapova put 67% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).
Potapova has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of her matches (218-154). 2-0 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Potapova has an aggregate 102-85 record in the last years on hard.
The Russian has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Kimberly Birrell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 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, the Australian reached the 3rd round after beating Priscilla Hon 3-6 7-5 6-2 and Emma Navarro 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Navarro (7-5 7-5). During the match Birrell scored 88 points vs Navarro’s 71. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Birrell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 64% of her first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Navarro 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.
The Australian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 53 |
| Pts | 164-144 | 176-146 |
| Total Points | 308 | 322 |
| Winners | 49 | 65 |
| %Winners | 30% | 37% |
Both Potapova and Birrell played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Anastasia Potapova dropped 1 set, while Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set. Potapova has played 1 set more than Birrell (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Potapova played 11 games less than Birrell. Anastasia scored 49 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Birrell made 65 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 74/130 | 101/152 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 49/74 | 65/101 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 26/56 | 25/51 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 49% |
Potapova fired 6 aces (3 per match). Birrell recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Potapova won 66% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Potapova | Birrell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 40% | 59% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 9 |
The Russian broke her opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Russian lost her serve 8 times and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Birrell conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 44% of the break points that she conceded.
| Potapova | ||||
| R1 Bogdan |
R2 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 2-0 ret. | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 87-81 | 77-63 | 164-144 | |
| Total points | 168 | 140 | 308 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 35% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/69 | 41/61 | 74/130 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 67% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 27/41 | 49/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 12/20 | 26/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 60% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/10 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Birrell | ||||
| R1 Hon |
R2 Navarro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 24 | 53 | |
| pts | 88-75 | 88-71 | 176-146 | |
| Total points | 163 | 159 | 322 | |
| Winners | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 51/74 | 50/78 | 101/152 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/51 | 32/50 | 65/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 15/28 | 25/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 6/10 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 6/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 60% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
WW
WW Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Suzan LamensLamens – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Maya JointJoint (6-75 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-67 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Emma NavarroNavarro (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Anca Alexia TodoniAlexia Todoni (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-77 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (7-60 6-4) – See score progression
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Mccartney KesslerKessler (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Paula BadosaBadosa (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ons JabeurJabeur – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marek JaloviecJaloviec – Gabriel DonevDonev (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aaron AddisonAddison – Henry CraigCraig (7-65 7-63) – See score progression
- Edan LeshemLeshem – Jonas TrinkerTrinker (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Robin StanekStanek (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Patrik NemaNema – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lloyd GlasspoolGlasspool – Erik CrepaldiCrepaldi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Maya JointJoint (6-7(5) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Anca Alexia TodoniAlexia Todoni (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Suzan LamensLamens – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Peyton StearnsStearns (7-6(7) 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Yue YuanYuan – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
