Elena Micic and Darya Astakhova will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Darya Astakhova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Darya Astakhova is the pick to win this match.
Darya Astakhova -> 1.46
Elena Micic -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Elena Micic vs. Darya Astakhova
There is no head to head record between Elena Micic and Darya Astakhova since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elena Micic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-28 | 15-14 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 424, Micic reached the qualifications after beating Elena Pridankina 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Micic defeated Pridankina (6-3 3-6 7-5).During the match, Micic scored less points (1) than Pridankina. In fact, the world no. 424 won 88 points vs Pridankina’s. That means that Micic was more focused during the important points. Elena was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Micic recorded 2 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Overall, Elena Micic was very effective on serve to win 72% (42/58) of her 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Micic broke Pridankina 3 times after converting 60% of her break points (3/5).
Micic has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 51% of her matches (67-65). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Micic has an overall61-44 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Micic has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Micic has never competed in this tournament before.
Darya Astakhova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 8-6 | 25-13 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 10-3 | 26-16 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-20 | 7-3 | 29-14 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 685, Darya got to the qualifications after beating Ena Shibahara 1-6 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Shibahara, Astakhova recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Astakhova scored 77 points vs Shibahara’s 68. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Astakhova scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Darya Astakhova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Astakhova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Astakhova was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Shibahara 5 times.
Darya has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Micic | Astakhova |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 |
| Pts | 88-89 | 77-68 |
| Total Points | 177 | 145 |
| Winners | 42 | 29 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Micic and Astakhova played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Elena Micic conceded 1 set, while Darya Astakhova conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Micic and Astakhova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Micic played 8 games more than Astakhova. The Australian scored 42 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Darya managed to score 29 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Micic | Astakhova |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 43/74 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 29/43 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 48% |
Micic recorded 2 aces . Astakhova bagged 1 ace . Micic won 72% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Astakhova won 67% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Micic | Astakhova |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Australian broke her opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian dropped her serve twice and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded. Astakhova broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Micic | |||
| Q1 Pridankina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-89 | 88-89 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 58/100 | 58/100 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 22/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Astakhova | |||
| Q1 Shibahara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 77-68 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 43/74 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
WL
W Tennis Scores – Australian Open
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Sara SaitoSaito (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Darya AstakhovaAstakhova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (1-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Xinyu GaoGao – Anouk KoevermansKoevermans (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Eva LysLys – Hanne VandewinkelVandewinkel (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
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- Selena JanicijevicJanicijevic – Lin ZhuZhu (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
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- Lucija Ciric BagaricCiric Bagaric – Solana SierraSierra (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
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- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Lina GlushkoGlushko (1-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
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- Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Dominika SalkovaSalkova (7-6(3) 5-7 7-6) – See score progression
- Polina KudermetovaKudermetova – Susan BandecchiBandecchi (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Louisa ChiricoChirico (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Elena MicicMicic – Elena PridankinaPridankina (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Darya AstakhovaAstakhova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (1-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (7-6(6) 6-0) – See score progression
- Sara BejlekBejlek – Kathinka Von DeichmannVon Deichmann (6-0 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesca JonesJones – Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jil TeichmannTeichmann – Han ShiShi (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Petra MarticMartic – Petra HuleHule (6-2 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Xinyu GaoGao – Anouk KoevermansKoevermans (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Veronika ErjavecErjavec – Alana SubasicSubasic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mananchaya SawangkaewSawangkaew – Marina Bassols RiberaBassols Ribera (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
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