Harriet Dart and Nao Hibino will face off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 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 Harriet Dart who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Harriet Dart is the pick to win this match.
Harriet Dart -> 1.69
Nao Hibino -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Harriet Dart vs. Nao Hibino

This will be the 4^th time that Harriet Dart and Nao Hibino fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Hibino (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hibino won 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Charleston back in 2024.

Harriet Dart

Ranked no. 113, Harriet reached the qualifications after beating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 7-6(5) and Taylah Preston 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications against Preston, Harriet recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁷ 6-1 6-2). During the match, Dart scored 108 points vs Preston’s 83. Dart was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dart scored 5 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Dart broke Preston 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Harriet started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points she played.

Dart has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (259-210). 2-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dart has a compiled 152-113 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Brit has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 143, Nao reached the qualifications after beating Marina Stakusic 7-6(5) 6-1 and Ekaterina Makarova (1996) 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1.

In the qualifications, Nao defeated Makarova (1996) (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-1). During the match Hibino scored 115 points vs Makarova (1996)’s 93. Hibino was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Hibino scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 5 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 64% of her first serves in, winning 54% (31/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Makarova (1996) 10 times after converting 38% of her break points (10/26).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nao started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020 and 2021. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dart	Hibino
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	49
Pts	183-145	192-155
Total Points	328	347
Winners	69	62
%Winners	38%	32%

Both Dart and Hibino played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Harriet Dart surrendered 1 set, while Nao Hibino conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Dart and Hibino have played the same amount of sets 5. They also played the same amount of games (49). Dart scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nao recorded 62 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dart	Hibino
Aces	5	2
Avg per match	2.5	1
1st in	98/166	100/151
%1st in	59%	66%
1st pts	69/98	62/100
%1st pts	70%	62%
2nd pts	32/68	24/51
%2nd pts	47%	47%

Dart made 5 aces (2.5 per match). Hibino scored 2 aces (1 per match). Dart won 70% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 62% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dart	Hibino
Won	13	16
Converted	13/20	16/38
% Converted	65%	42%
Conceded	14	22
Saved	7	14
% Saved	50%	64%
Times Broken	7	8

Harriet broke her opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Dart lost her serve 7 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Hibino broke her opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Hibino conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded.

Dart
	Q1 Cabrera	Q2 Preston	Total
Score	6-2 7-65	6-77 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	28	49
pts	75-62	108-83	183-145
Total points	137	191	328
Winners	29	40	69
%Winners	39%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	5	5
Double Faults	0	6	6
1st in	42/70	56/96	98/166
% 1st in	60%	58%	59%
1st pts	29/42	40/56	69/98
% 1st pts	69%	71%	70%
2nd pts	13/28	19/40	32/68
% 2nd pts	46%	48%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	8	13
Converted	5/7	8/13	13/20
Converted %	71%	62%	65%
Conceded	5	9	14
Saved	2/5	5/9	7
Saved %	40%	56%	48%
Times Broken	3	4	7

Hibino
	Q1 Stakusic	Q2 Makarova	Total
Score	7-65 6-1	6-3 6-74 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	20	29	49
pts	77-62	115-93	192-155
Total points	139	208	347
Winners	31	31	62
%Winners	40%	27%	32%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	6	3	9
1st in	43/62	57/89	100/151
% 1st in	69%	64%	66%
1st pts	31/43	31/57	62/100
% 1st pts	72%	54%	62%
2nd pts	6/19	18/32	24/51
% 2nd pts	32%	56%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	10	16
Converted	6/12	10/26	16/38
Converted %	50%	38%	42%
Conceded	8	14	22
Saved	5/8	9/14	14
Saved %	63%	64%	64%
Times Broken	3	5	8

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Carl GustafssonGustafsson – Oleg KhotkovKhotkov (6-4 0-6 10-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas RenardRenard – Jesper Klov NilssonKlov Nilsson (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Eric Ahren MoongaAhren Moonga – Daniel SvenssonSvensson (6-2 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian OetzbachOetzbach – Martins RocensRocens (6-7⁴ 6-2 10-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Simon FreundFreund – Guillaume DermiensDermiens (6-3 4-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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