Maria Timofeeva and Emina Bektas will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Timofeeva who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Timofeeva is the pick to win this match.
Maria Timofeeva -> 1.75
Emina Bektas -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Maria Timofeeva vs. Emina Bektas

There is no head to head record between Maria Timofeeva and Emina Bektas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Maria Timofeeva

Ranked no. 136, Timofeeva got to the qualifications after beating Alice Tubello 6-4 4-6 7-5.

In the qualifications, Timofeeva defeated Tubello (6-4 4-6 7-5). During the match, Timofeeva scored 103 points vs Tubello’s 93. Timofeeva was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Timofeeva recorded 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Maria Timofeeva lost the serve 7 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Timofeeva put 68% of her first serves in, winning 57% (34/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Maria broke Tubello 8 times after converting 50% of her break points (8/16).

Timofeeva has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of her matches (161-94). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Timofeeva has an overall101-48 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Emina Bektas

Ranked no. 190, Emina reached the qualifications after beating Arianne Hartono 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, The American defeated Hartono (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Bektas scored 82 points vs Hartono’s 65. Emina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Bektas bagged 6 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emina Bektas lost the serve 3 times and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bektas put 70% of her first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Emina was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Hartono 6 times.

Emina has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022 and 2024. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Timofeeva	Bektas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	24
Pts	103-93	82-65
Total Points	196	147
Winners	34	35
%Winners	33%	43%

Both Timofeeva and Bektas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Maria Timofeeva dropped 1 set, while Emina Bektas dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Timofeeva and Bektas have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Timofeeva played 8 games more than Bektas. Timofeeva scored 34 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Bektas recorded 35 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Timofeeva	Bektas
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	60/88	46/66
%1st in	68%	70%
1st pts	34/60	35/46
%1st pts	57%	76%
2nd pts	15/28	7/20
%2nd pts	54%	35%

Timofeeva blasted 2 aces . Bektas fired 6 aces . Timofeeva won 57% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bektas won 76% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Timofeeva	Bektas
Won	8	6
Converted	8/16	6/6
% Converted	50%	100%
Conceded	9	4
Saved	2	1
% Saved	22%	25%
Times Broken	7	3

Timofeeva broke her opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered her serve 7 times and she saved 22% of the break points that she conceded. Emina broke her opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. Bektas conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 25% of the break points that she conceded.

Timofeeva
	Q1 Tubello	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	103-93	103-93
Total points	196	196
Winners	34	34
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	60/88	60/88
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	34/60	34/60
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	15/28	15/28
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/16	8/16
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	2/9	2
Saved %	22%	22%
Times Broken	7	7

Bektas
	Q1 Hartono	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	82-65	82-65
Total points	147	147
Winners	35	35
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	46/66	46/66
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	35/46	35/46
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	7/20	7/20
% 2nd pts	35%	35%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/6	6/6
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

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