H2H, prediction of Petra Martic vs Veronika Erjavec at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 9th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Veronika Erjavec

Petra Martic and Veronika Erjavec will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 15. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petra Martic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Petra Martic is the pick to win this match.
Petra Martic -> 1.51
Veronika Erjavec -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Petra Martic vs. Veronika Erjavec

This will be the 2nd time that Petra Martic and Veronika Erjavec play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Erjavec (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Erjavec won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the W75 Sibenik back in 2024.

Petra Martic

Petra Martic
Petra Martic

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
132
High
14
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 18-24 9-10 7-9 0-2 2-3 0-0
2023 24-22 8-13 6-4 5-2 5-3 0-0
2022 33-21 11-10 18-6 1-2 3-3 0-0
2021 15-21 7-12 6-5 0-1 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 132, the Croatian got to the qualifications after defeating Petra Hule 6-2 7-6(6) and Xinyu Gao 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the qualifications against Gao, Petra recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4). During the match, Martic scored 102 points vs Gao’s 96. Petra was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Martic fired 8 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Petra Martic was very efficient on serve to win 75% (43/57) of her 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Martic broke Gao twice after converting 50% of her break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Martic has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (215-155). 2-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Martic has an aggregate 84-78 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Martic
Australian Open
Martic's Record

Veronika Erjavec

Veronika Erjavec
Veronika Erjavec

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
171
High
165
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 45-30 2-4 37-17 6-8 0-1 0-0
2023 48-22 0-0 42-16 6-6 0-0 0-0
2022 42-27 0-0 35-22 7-5 0-0 0-0
2021 18-9 0-0 17-7 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 171, Erjavec reached the qualifications after defeating Alana Subasic 6-2 6-3 and Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Veronika had a good straight sets win against Sawangkaew (6-2 6-3). During the match Erjavec scored 73 points vs Sawangkaew’s 56. Erjavec was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Erjavec scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Veronika Erjavec lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Erjavec put 65% of her first serves in, winning 53% (23/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. Erjavec broke Sawangkaew 7 times after converting 54% of her break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Veronika started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points she played.

The Slovenian has a composed 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 qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Erjavec
Australian Open
Erjavec's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Martic
V.Erjavec
!
4h:14
4h:14
Time on court​
2h:39
2h:39
!
2h:38
2h:38
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
2
2
Match played
2
2
53
53
Games Played​
34
34
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
175
175
Total points​
146
146
87.5
87.5
Avg point​
73
73
74
74
Winners
47
47
37
37
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
4
4
9
9
Avg Aces
2
2
11
11
Double Faults
4
4
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
74/96
74/96
1st won total​
47/73
47/73
!
77%
77%
1st won %
64%
64%
38/69
38/69
2nd won total​
26/53
26/53
55%
55%
2nd won %
49%
49%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
12/24
12/24
2.5/5
2.5/5
Avg BP won
6/12
6/12
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
6
6
Conceded
12
12
3
3
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Martic Erjavec
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 53 34
Pts 175-152 146-111
Total Points 327 257
Winners 74 47
%Winners 42% 32%

Both Martic and Erjavec played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Petra Martic dropped 1 set while Veronika Erjavec hasn’t conceded a set so far. Martic has played 1 set more than Erjavec (5 vs 4). Therefore, Martic played 19 games more than Erjavec. Petra scored 74 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian bagged 47 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Martic Erjavec
Aces 18 4
Avg per match 9 2
1st in 96/165 73/126
%1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 74/96 47/73
%1st pts 77% 64%
2nd pts 38/69 26/53
%2nd pts 55% 49%

Martic blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Erjavec fired 4 aces (2 per match). Martic won 77% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Erjavec won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Martic Erjavec
Won 5 12
Converted 5/10 12/24
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 6 12
Saved 3 8
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 3 4

The Croatian broke her opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Martic conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The Slovenian broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Erjavec conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Martic
Q1
Hule
Q2
Gao
Total
Score 6-2 7-66 3-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 32 53
pts 73-56 102-96 175-152
Total points 129 198 327
Winners 31 43 74
%Winners 42% 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 10 8 18
Double Faults 7 4 11
1st in 39/64 57/101 96/165
% 1st in 61% 56% 58%
1st pts 31/39 43/57 74/96
% 1st pts 79% 75% 77%
2nd pts 12/25 26/44 38/69
% 2nd pts 48% 59% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/6 2/4 5/10
Converted % 50% 50% 50%
Conceded 2 4 6
Saved 1/2 2/4 3
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Erjavec
Q1
Subasic
Q2
Sawangkaew
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 17 34
pts 73-55 73-56 146-111
Total points 128 129 257
Winners 24 23 47
%Winners 33% 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 4
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 30/60 43/66 73/126
% 1st in 50% 65% 58%
1st pts 24/30 23/43 47/73
% 1st pts 80% 53% 64%
2nd pts 13/30 13/23 26/53
% 2nd pts 43% 57% 49%
Breaks
Won 5 7 12
Converted 5/11 7/13 12/24
Converted % 45% 54% 50%
Conceded 4 8 12
Saved 3/4 5/8 8
Saved % 75% 63% 69%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Martic
WWL
Erjavec
WWL
2025 2024 2023
2 - 1
2 - 1
2-1
Hard
2-1

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