H2H, prediction of Paula Badosa vs Talia Gibson at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Talia Gibson

Paula Badosa and Talia Gibson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paula Badosa who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Paula Badosa is the pick to win this match.
Paula Badosa -> 1.061
Talia Gibson -> 9

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Prediction and head to head Paula Badosa vs. Talia Gibson

There is no head to head record between Paula Badosa and Talia Gibson since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Paula Badosa

Paula Badosa
Paula Badosa

2 - 2win/loss

Hard
2-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
12
High
2
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 37-19 26-11 6-5 0-1 5-2 0-0
2023 18-9 6-4 11-4 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 32-22 20-13 8-5 1-2 3-2 0-0
2021 43-17 19-9 17-3 4-3 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 12, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Xinyu Wang 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, Paula had a good straight sets win against Wang (6-3 7-65). During the match, Badosa scored 65 points vs Wang’s 62. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Badosa fired 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Paula Badosa lost the serve twice and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Badosa put 74% of her first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Wang 3 times.

Badosa has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of her matches (299-169). 2-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Badosa has a compiled 117-68 match record in the last years on hard.

The Spaniard has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Badosa
Australian Open
Badosa's Record

Talia Gibson

Talia Gibson
Talia Gibson

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
150
High
125
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 47-25 34-16 0-1 9-5 4-3 0-0
2023 41-29 40-23 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-2
2022 50-20 48-18 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 150, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Zeynep Sonmez 3-6 7-6(5) 6-1.

In the 1st round against Sonmez, Gibson recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-1). During the match Gibson scored 108 points vs Sonmez’s 100. Talia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Gibson bagged 5 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Talia Gibson lost the serve 7 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gibson put 60% of her first serves in, winning 58% (34/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sonmez 7 times after converting 39% of her break points (7/18).

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

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Gibson
Australian Open
Gibson's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

P.Badosa
T.Gibson
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
!
2h:17
2h:17
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
!
2h:17
2h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
29
29
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
65
65
Total points​
108
108
65
65
Avg point​
108
108
34
34
Winners
34
34
34
34
Avg Winners​
34
34
52%
52%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
5
5
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
5
5
34/51
34/51
1st won total​
34/59
34/59
67%
67%
1st won %
58%
58%
10/18
10/18
2nd won total​
17/39
17/39
56%
56%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
BP won
7/18
7/18
3/3
3/3
Avg BP won
7/18
7/18
!
100%
100%
Won
39%
39%
3
3
Conceded
10
10
3
3
Avg Conceded
10
10
2
2
Broken
7
7
2
2
Avg Broken
!
7
7
1
1
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Badosa Gibson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 22 29
Pts 65-62 108-100
Total Points 127 208
Winners 34 34
%Winners 52% 31%

Both Badosa and Gibson played 1 match. At the moment, Talia Gibson conceded 1 set while Paula Badosa hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Badosa has played 1 set(s) less than Gibson (2 vs 3). Therefore, Badosa played 7 games less than Gibson. Paula scored 34 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Talia struck 34 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Badosa Gibson
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 5
1st in 51/69 59/98
%1st in 74% 60%
1st pts 34/51 34/59
%1st pts 67% 58%
2nd pts 10/18 17/39
%2nd pts 56% 44%

Badosa blasted 3 aces . Gibson blasted 5 aces . Badosa won 67% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gibson won 58% of the points on 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 Badosa Gibson
Won 3 7
Converted 3/3 7/18
% Converted 100% 39%
Conceded 3 10
Saved 1 3
% Saved 33% 30%
Times Broken 2 7

The Spaniard broke her opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Paula dropped her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. Talia broke her opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Australian conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 30% of the break points that she conceded.

Badosa
R1
Wang
Total
Score 6-3 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 65-62 65-62
Total points 127 127
Winners 34 34
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 51/69 51/69
% 1st in 74% 74%
1st pts 34/51 34/51
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 10/18 10/18
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/3 3/3
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Gibson
R1
Sonmez
Total
Score 3-6 7-65 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 108-100 108-100
Total points 208 208
Winners 34 34
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 59/98 59/98
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 34/59 34/59
% 1st pts 58% 58%
2nd pts 17/39 17/39
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/18 7/18
Converted % 39% 39%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 3/10 3
Saved % 30% 30%
Times Broken 7 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Badosa
WLWL
Gibson
WLL
2025 2024 2023
2 - 2
1 - 2
2-2
Hard
1-2

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