H2H, prediction of Tamara Zidansek vs Raluca Georgiana Serban at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Zidansek and Georgiana Serban will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of January

Prediction and head to head Tamara Zidansek vs. Raluca Georgiana Serban

Tamara Zidansek and Raluca Georgiana Serban will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Court 14. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tamara Zidansek who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tamara Zidansek is the pick to win this match.
Tamara Zidansek -> 1.59
Raluca Georgiana Serban -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Tamara Zidansek vs. Raluca Georgiana Serban

There is no head to head record between Tamara Zidansek and Raluca Georgiana Serban since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Tamara Zidansek

Tamara Zidansek
Tamara Zidansek

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
180
High
22
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 20-25 6-10 12-11 1-3 1-1 0-0
2023 42-26 7-8 27-11 6-4 1-2 1-1
2022 21-24 12-9 7-11 0-0 2-4 0-0
2021 30-20 9-13 21-6 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 180, Zidansek got to the qualifications after defeating Lanlana Tararudee 6-0 4-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Zidansek defeated Tararudee (6-0 4-6 6-4). During the match, Zidansek scored 95 points vs Tararudee’s 77. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zidansek was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Tamara Zidansek lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zidansek put 57% of her first serves in, winning 57% (29/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Tararudee 9 times after converting 82% of her break points (9/11).

Zidansek has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of her matches (292-184). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Zidansek has an overall 86-76 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Zidansek
Australian Open
Zidansek's Record

Raluca Georgiana Serban

Raluca Georgiana Serban
Raluca Georgiana Serban

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
201
High
152
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 34-31 2-5 25-19 7-6 0-1 0-0
2023 37-28 12-11 22-13 1-2 2-2 0-0
2022 36-17 5-5 25-9 5-2 1-1 0-0
2021 25-11 10-2 11-7 4-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 201, Raluca got to the qualifications after defeating Jessika Ponchet 7-6(5) 6-0.

In the qualifications, Georgiana Serban had a good straight sets win against Ponchet (7-65 6-0). During the match Georgiana Serban scored 77 points vs Ponchet’s 66. Raluca was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Georgiana Serban wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Raluca Georgiana Serban conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Georgiana Serban put 54% of her first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. Georgiana Serban broke Ponchet 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Georgiana Serban
Australian Open
Georgiana Serban's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Zidansek
R.Georgiana Serban
2h:21
2h:21
Time on court​
1h:38
1h:38
!
2h:21
2h:21
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
19
19
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
95
95
Total points​
77
77
95
95
Avg point​
77
77
29
29
Winners
30
30
29
29
Avg Winners​
30
30
31%
31%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Avg Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
4
4
Avg Double Faults
3
3
29/51
29/51
1st won total​
30/43
30/43
57%
57%
1st won %
70%
70%
18/38
18/38
2nd won total​
21/36
21/36
47%
47%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
9/11
9/11
BP won
3/7
3/7
9/11
9/11
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
82%
82%
Won
43%
43%
13
13
Conceded
8
8
13
13
Avg Conceded
8
8
6
6
Broken
0
0
!
6
6
Avg Broken
!
0
0
7
7
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zidansek Georgiana Serban
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 26 19
Pts 95-77 77-66
Total Points 172 143
Winners 29 30
%Winners 31% 39%

Both Zidansek and Georgiana Serban played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tamara Zidansek conceded 1 set while Raluca Georgiana Serban hasn’t lost a set so far. Zidansek has played 1 set more than Georgiana Serban (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zidansek played 7 games more than Georgiana Serban. Zidansek scored 29 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Georgiana Serban blasted 30 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zidansek Georgiana Serban
Aces 0 0
Avg per match 0 0
1st in 51/89 43/79
%1st in 57% 54%
1st pts 29/51 30/43
%1st pts 57% 70%
2nd pts 18/38 21/36
%2nd pts 47% 58%

Zidansek didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Georgiana Serban also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zidansek won 57% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Georgiana Serban won 70% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zidansek Georgiana Serban
Won 9 3
Converted 9/11 3/7
% Converted 82% 43%
Conceded 13 8
Saved 7 8
% Saved 54% 100%
Times Broken 6 0

Zidansek broke her opponent 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. The Slovenian dropped her serve 6 times and she saved 54% of the break points that she conceded. Raluca broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Georgiana Serban was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.

Zidansek
Q1
Tararudee
Total
Score 6-0 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 95-77 95-77
Total points 172 172
Winners 29 29
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 51/89 51/89
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 29/51 29/51
% 1st pts 57% 57%
2nd pts 18/38 18/38
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 9 9
Converted 9/11 9/11
Converted % 82% 82%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 7/13 7
Saved % 54% 54%
Times Broken 6 6
Georgiana Serban
Q1
Ponchet
Total
Score 7-65 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 77-66 77-66
Total points 143 143
Winners 30 30
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 43/79 43/79
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 30/43 30/43
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 21/36 21/36
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 8/8 8
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Zidansek
WL
Georgiana Serban
WL
2025 2024 2023
1 - 1
1 - 1
1-1
Hard
1-1

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