Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.08
Sloane Stephens -> 7.9
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Sloane Stephens
This will be the 5th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Sloane Stephens fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 4th round in at the French Open back in 2023.
Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Sloane Stephens – French Open 04-June-2023
Aryna Sabalenka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-14 | 38-7 | 15-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-14 | 35-9 | 14-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-22 | 20-15 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-18 | 24-11 | 13-3 | 1-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Sabalenka will start her run at the Australian Open after she won the title in Brisbane after beating 4-6 6-3 6-2 Kudermetova in the final.
Aryna has a compiled 5-0 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season was winning the title in Brisbane where she overcame Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Sabalenka won her last 5 matches.
Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 379-168 record. She has a positive 232-92 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2023 and 2024. See her history.
Sloane Stephens
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-22 | 8-13 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-20 | 11-14 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-17 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 6-11 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Sloane will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost 7-5 6-1 to Li in the 1st round on the 7th of January.
Stephens has an overall 0-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Stephens has an overall 382-285 record. She has a positive 201-172 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2013. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Sloane StephensStephens (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Tatjana MariaMaria (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clara TausonTauson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Magda LinetteLinette (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jana FettFett (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara ZidansekZidansek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Chloe PaquetPaquet (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Veronika ErjavecErjavec – Suzan LamensLamens (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jule NiemeierNiemeier – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Arantxa RusRus – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Greetje MinnenMinnen – Destanee AiavaAiava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Saisai ZhengZheng – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca MarinoMarino – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Xiyu WangWang – Julia GrabherGrabher (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
