Marina Stakusic and Nao Hibino will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marina Stakusic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marina Stakusic is the pick to win this match.
Marina Stakusic -> 1.85
Nao Hibino -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Marina Stakusic vs. Nao Hibino

There is no head to head record between Marina Stakusic and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Marina Stakusic

Marina Stakusic

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
125
High
116
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 30-24 15-12 9-7 0-1 6-4 0-0
2023 26-5 17-3 0-0 9-2 0-0 0-0
2022 28-19 12-8 11-7 5-4 0-0 0-0
2021 2-6 0-2 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 125, Stakusic will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 4-6 6-3 6-1 to Preston in the 2nd round on the 1st of January.

Stakusic has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Marina has an overall 90-60 record. She has a positive 46-29 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Marina has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Stakusic's Record

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
145
High
56
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, Nao will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Auckland where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Montgomery in the 2nd round on the 2nd of January.

Nao has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Japanese has an overall 384-315 record. She has a positive 280-211 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.

Australian Open
Hibino's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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