Elina Avanesyan and Mccartney Kessler will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Hobart International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Mccartney Kessler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mccartney Kessler is the pick to win this match.
Mccartney Kessler -> 1.727
Elina Avanesyan -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Elina Avanesyan vs. Mccartney Kessler
There is no head to head record between Elina Avanesyan and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elina Avanesyan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 12-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-24 | 7-12 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 11-7 | 25-17 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 0-0 | 48-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Avanesyan got to the semifinal after beating Xiyu Wang 6-3 7-5, Greetje Minnen 6-2 6-2 and Amanda Anisimova w/o.
In the quarter, Avanesyan defeated Anisimova (w/o). During the match, Avanesyan and Anisimova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 44 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Armenian was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Talking about the service games, Avanesyan couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Elina Avanesyan conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Armenian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points she played.
Avanesyan has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of her matches (185-114). 4-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Avanesyan has an aggregate39-37 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Armenian has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hobart
The Armenian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mccartney Kessler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-22 | 28-13 | 2-6 | 5-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-24 | 21-12 | 11-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-2 | 6-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-5 | 10-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 67, Kessler got to the semifinal after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 6-3 7-5, Maria Lourdes Carle 6-2 6-2 and Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-4.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Yastremska (7-5 6-4). During the match Kessler scored 83 points vs Yastremska’s 68. Kessler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kessler made 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Kessler put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. Mccartney broke Yastremska 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kessler hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.
Mccartney has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Avanesyan | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 59 |
| Pts | 128-96 | 220-176 |
| Total Points | 224 | 396 |
| Winners | 53 | 82 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Avanesyan played 2 matches while Kessler competed in 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Avanesyan has played 2 set(s) less than Kessler (4 vs 6). Therefore, Avanesyan played 22 games less than Kessler. Elina scored 53 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mccartney struck 82 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Avanesyan | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 74/107 | 128/187 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 53/74 | 82/128 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 33/59 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Avanesyan made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kessler also made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Avanesyan won 72% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kessler won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Avanesyan | Kessler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 15 |
| Converted | 10/14 | 15/28 |
| % Converted | 71% | 54% |
| Conceded | 11 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 64% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Avanesyan broke her opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Avanesyan surrendered her serve 4 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Mccartney broke her opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Mccartney conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.
| Avanesyan | |||||
| R1 Wang |
R2 Minnen |
1/4 Anisimova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | – | 37 | |
| pts | 69-62 | 59-34 | – | 128-96 | |
| Total points | 131 | 93 | – | 224 | |
| Winners | 30 | 23 | – | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | – | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | – | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 28/39 | – | 74/107 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 72% | – | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/46 | 23/28 | – | 53/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 82% | – | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 7/11 | – | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 64% | – | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | – | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/8 | – | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 63% | – | 71% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | – | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/2 | – | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | – | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Kessler | |||||
| R1 Sramkova |
R2 Lourdes |
1/4 Yastremska |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 22 | 59 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 59-42 | 83-68 | 220-176 | |
| Total points | 144 | 101 | 151 | 396 | |
| Winners | 34 | 21 | 27 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 33/45 | 39/60 | 128/187 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 73% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 34/56 | 21/33 | 27/39 | 82/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 64% | 69% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 9/12 | 11/21 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 75% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | 5/12 | 15/28 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | 42% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 0% | 0% | 24% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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