Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 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 Priscilla Hon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Priscilla Hon is the pick to win this match.
Priscilla Hon -> 1.85
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Priscilla Hon

This will be the 9th time that Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon square off. The head to head is 5-3 for Hon (see full H2H stats), 5-2 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Birrell won 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Brisbane back in 2024.

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
99
High
99
WLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 4-1 4-1 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), Birrell got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Saito 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Saito (7-64 6-2). During the match, Birrell scored 73 points vs Saito’s 54. Kimberly was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Birrell bagged 8 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Kimberly Birrell was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of her 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Kimberly broke Saito 3 times after converting 33% of her break points (3/9).

Birrell has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (194-165). 4-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Birrell has a compiled 143-107 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Birrell's Record

Priscilla Hon

Priscilla Hon

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
3-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
163
High
118
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 34-19 4-7 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 32-25 20-12 10-7 0-0 2-6 0-0
2022 45-22 36-15 4-6 0-0 5-1 0-0
2021 9-10 3-4 0-3 3-1 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 163, Hon got to the qualifications after defeating Usue Maitane Arconada 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications, Priscilla defeated Maitane Arconada (6-3 6-75 6-4). During the match Hon scored 129 points vs Maitane Arconada’s 117. Priscilla was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.

About the serving games, Hon made 11 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Priscilla Hon lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hon put 58% of her first serves in, winning 74% (53/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 42% (22/53) on the 2nd serve. Priscilla broke Maitane Arconada 5 times after converting 33% of her break points (5/15).

Hon has an aggregate 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 2nd round in 2020. See her history.

Australian Open
Hon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Birrell
P.Hon
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
!
2h:54
2h:54
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
!
2h:54
2h:54
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
73
73
Total points​
129
129
73
73
Avg point​
129
129
27
27
Winners
53
53
27
27
Avg Winners​
53
53
37%
37%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
11
11
8
8
Avg Aces
!
11
11
2
2
Double Faults
8
8
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
8
8
27/33
27/33
1st won total​
53/72
53/72
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
14/25
14/25
2nd won total​
22/53
22/53
56%
56%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
5/15
5/15
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
5/15
5/15
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
1
1
Conceded
12
12
1
1
Avg Conceded
12
12
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
0
0
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Birrell Hon
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 32
Pts 73-54 129-117
Total Points 127 246
Winners 27 53
%Winners 37% 41%

Both Birrell and Hon played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Priscilla Hon surrendered 1 set while Kimberly Birrell hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Hon (2 vs 3). Therefore, Birrell played 11 games less than Hon. The Australian scored 27 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Priscilla made 53 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Birrell Hon
Aces 8 11
Avg per match 8 11
1st in 33/58 72/125
%1st in 57% 58%
1st pts 27/33 53/72
%1st pts 82% 74%
2nd pts 14/25 22/53
%2nd pts 56% 42%

Birrell struck 8 aces . Hon struck 11 aces . Birrell won 82% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hon won 74% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Birrell Hon
Won 3 5
Converted 3/9 5/15
% Converted 33% 33%
Conceded 1 12
Saved 0 9
% Saved 0% 75%
Times Broken 1 3

The Australian broke her opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kimberly surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Birrell
Q1
Saito
Total
Score 7-64 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 73-54 73-54
Total points 127 127
Winners 27 27
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 33/58 33/58
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 27/33 27/33
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 14/25 14/25
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Hon
Q1
Maitane Arconada
Total
Score 6-3 6-75 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 129-117 129-117
Total points 246 246
Winners 53 53
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 8 8
1st in 72/125 72/125
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 53/72 53/72
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 22/53 22/53
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/15 5/15
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 9/12 9
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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