Kimberly Birrell and Sara Saito will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Kia Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 2 sets.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.363
Sara Saito -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Sara Saito
This will be the 2nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Sara Saito face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Birrell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Birrell won 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Osaka back in 2024.
Highlights Kimberly Birrell vs Sara Saito – Osaka 18-October-2024
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. 99 (career-high), the Australian will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match in Brisbane where she lost 4-6 6-1 7-5 to Kalinina in the quarter on the 3rd of January.
Kimberly has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Kimberly has an overall 214-182 record. She has a positive 156-120 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.
Sara Saito
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-23 | 26-17 | 13-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 13-10 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 13-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 158, the Japanese will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in the Canberra where she lost 6-2 6-4 to Parrizas-Diaz in the 2nd round on the 1st of January.
The Japanese has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Sara has an overall 80-44 record. She has a positive 43-30 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Sara has never competed in this tournament before.
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