Harriet Dart and Taylah Preston will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Kia 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 Harriet Dart who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Harriet Dart is the pick to win this match.
Harriet Dart -> 1.59
Taylah Preston -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Harriet Dart vs. Taylah Preston

This will be the 2nd time that Harriet Dart and Taylah Preston fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dart (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Dart won 6-0 6-2 in the final in the W25 Nottingham back in 2023.

Harriet Dart

Harriet Dart

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
113
High
70
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-27 12-12 3-7 5-3 6-5 0-0
2023 42-32 27-19 1-3 6-5 8-5 0-0
2022 29-29 17-15 1-5 4-4 7-5 0-0
2021 27-23 17-12 8-4 1-3 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 113, Harriet reached the qualifications after defeating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, Dart had a good straight sets win against Cabrera (6-2 7-65). During the match, Dart scored 75 points vs Cabrera’s 62. Harriet was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dart wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 3 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 60% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Dart broke Cabrera 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

Dart has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (258-210). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Dart has an overall 151-113 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Brit has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Dart's Record

Taylah Preston

Taylah Preston

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
172
High
134
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 30-28 24-18 3-6 0-0 3-4 0-0
2023 49-13 48-11 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-0
2022 4-8 3-5 0-2 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 172, Taylah got to the qualifications after defeating Mona Barthel 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Taylah had a good straight sets win against Barthel (6-1 6-2). During the match Preston scored 57 points vs Barthel’s 32. Preston was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Preston scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taylah Preston conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Preston put 69% of her first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Preston was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Barthel 4 times.

The Australian has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Australian Open
Preston's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Dart
T.Preston
!
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
0h:48
0h:48
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
!
0h:48
0h:48
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
75
75
Total points​
57
57
75
75
Avg point​
57
57
29
29
Winners
24
24
29
29
Avg Winners​
24
24
39%
39%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
1
1
0
0
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
29/42
29/42
1st won total​
24/36
24/36
69%
69%
1st won %
67%
67%
13/28
13/28
2nd won total​
11/16
11/16
46%
46%
2nd won %
!
69%
69%
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
BP won
4/4
4/4
5/7
5/7
Avg BP won
4/4
4/4
!
71%
71%
Won
!
100%
100%
5
5
Conceded
1
1
5
5
Avg Conceded
1
1
3
3
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dart Preston
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 15
Pts 75-62 57-32
Total Points 137 89
Winners 29 24
%Winners 39% 42%

Both Dart and Preston played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dart and Preston have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dart played 6 games more than Preston. Dart scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 24 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dart Preston
Aces 0 1
Avg per match 0 1
1st in 42/70 36/52
%1st in 60% 69%
1st pts 29/42 24/36
%1st pts 69% 67%
2nd pts 13/28 11/16
%2nd pts 46% 69%

Dart didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Preston managed to score 1 ace . Dart won 69% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Preston won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dart Preston
Won 5 4
Converted 5/7 4/4
% Converted 71% 100%
Conceded 5 1
Saved 2 1
% Saved 40% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

Dart broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Dart conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 40% of the break points that she conceded. Preston broke her opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Preston was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Dart
Q1
Cabrera
Total
Score 6-2 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 75-62 75-62
Total points 137 137
Winners 29 29
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 42/70 42/70
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 29/42 29/42
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 13/28 13/28
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 2/5 2
Saved % 40% 40%
Times Broken 3 3
Preston
Q1
Barthel
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 57-32 57-32
Total points 89 89
Winners 24 24
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/52 36/52
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 24/36 24/36
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 11/16 11/16
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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