Kimberly Birrell and Oksana Selekhmeteva 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 Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.52
Oksana Selekhmeteva -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva

There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Oksana Selekhmeteva since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
99
High
99
WWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-1 5-1 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), the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Sara Saito 7-6(4) 6-2 and Priscilla Hon 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Hon (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match, Birrell scored 101 points vs Hon’s 94. Birrell was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Birrell made 3 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 52% of her first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hon 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kimberly started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Birrell has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (195-165). 5-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Birrell has a compiled 144-107 record in the last years on hard.

Birrell has a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Birrell's Record

Oksana Selekhmeteva

Oksana Selekhmeteva

6 - 1win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
169
High
138
WWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-1 6-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 36-18 3-5 30-10 2-2 1-1 0-0
2023 14-8 6-2 2-3 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 28-20 12-5 14-11 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 49-19 22-9 25-9 2-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 169, the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Dalma Galfi 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Astra Sharma 6-3 2-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Selekhmeteva defeated Sharma (6-3 2-6 6-4).During the match Selekhmeteva scored less points (2) than Sharma. In fact, the world no. 99 won 94 points vs Sharma’s. That means that Selekhmeteva was more focused during the important points. Oksana was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Selekhmeteva wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Oksana Selekhmeteva lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Selekhmeteva put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sharma 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Selekhmeteva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points she played.

Selekhmeteva has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See her history.

Australian Open
Selekhmeteva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Birrell
O.Selekhmeteva
4h:12
4h:12
Time on court​
4h:05
4h:05
!
2h:39
2h:39
Last match​
!
2h:03
2h:03
2
2
Match played
2
2
50
50
Games Played​
56
56
5
5
Set played​​
6
6
174
174
Total points​
182
182
87
87
Avg point​
91
91
60
60
Winners
81
81
30
30
Avg Winners​
40.5
40.5
34%
34%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
0
0
5.5
5.5
Avg Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
10
10
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
5
5
60/81
60/81
1st won total​
81/123
81/123
!
74%
74%
1st won %
66%
66%
36/69
36/69
2nd won total​
29/66
29/66
52%
52%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
8/18
8/18
BP won
10/20
10/20
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
15
15
Conceded
19
19
7.5
7.5
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
5
5
Broken
9
9
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
!
4.5
4.5
10
10
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Birrell Selekhmeteva
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 6
Tot Games 50 56
Pts 174-148 182-181
Total Points 322 363
Winners 60 81
%Winners 34% 45%

Both Birrell and Selekhmeteva played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Kimberly Birrell lost 1 set, while Oksana Selekhmeteva surrendered 2 sets. Birrell has played 1 set(s) less than Selekhmeteva (5 vs 6). Therefore, Birrell played 6 games less than Selekhmeteva. The Australian scored 60 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Selekhmeteva managed to score 81 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Birrell Selekhmeteva
Aces 11 0
Avg per match 5.5 0
1st in 81/150 123/189
%1st in 54% 65%
1st pts 60/81 81/123
%1st pts 74% 66%
2nd pts 36/69 29/66
%2nd pts 52% 44%

Birrell bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Selekhmeteva didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Birrell won 74% points behind her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Selekhmeteva won 66% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Birrell Selekhmeteva
Won 8 10
Converted 8/18 10/20
% Converted 44% 50%
Conceded 15 19
Saved 10 10
% Saved 67% 53%
Times Broken 5 9

Birrell broke her opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian lost her serve 5 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Oksana broke her opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded her serve 9 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

Birrell
Q1
Saito
Q2
Hon
Total
Score 7-64 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 29 50
pts 73-54 101-94 174-148
Total points 127 195 322
Winners 27 33 60
%Winners 37% 33% 34%
SERVE
Aces 8 3 11
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 33/58 48/92 81/150
% 1st in 57% 52% 54%
1st pts 27/33 33/48 60/81
% 1st pts 82% 69% 74%
2nd pts 14/25 22/44 36/69
% 2nd pts 56% 50% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/9 5/9 8/18
Converted % 33% 56% 44%
Conceded 1 14 15
Saved 0/1 10/14 10
Saved % 0% 71% 36%
Times Broken 1 4 5
Selekhmeteva
Q1
Galfi
Q2
Sharma
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 29 27 56
pts 88-85 94-96 182-181
Total points 173 190 363
Winners 39 42 81
%Winners 44% 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0
Double Faults 8 2 10
1st in 58/88 65/101 123/189
% 1st in 66% 64% 65%
1st pts 39/58 42/65 81/123
% 1st pts 67% 65% 66%
2nd pts 13/30 16/36 29/66
% 2nd pts 43% 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/9 4/11 10/20
Converted % 67% 36% 50%
Conceded 9 10 19
Saved 4/9 6/10 10
Saved % 44% 60% 52%
Times Broken 5 4 9

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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