Marta Kostyuk and Jule Niemeier will face off in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on 1573 Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marta Kostyuk who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marta Kostyuk is the pick to win this match.
Marta Kostyuk -> 1.32
Jule Niemeier -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Jule Niemeier

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Jule Niemeier since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 18, Marta got to the 2^nd round after beating Nao Hibino 3-6 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Hibino, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-1). During the match, Kostyuk scored 81 points vs Hibino’s 69. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kostyuk struck 6 aces and she was not very steady on her 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 3 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 56% of her first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Kostyuk was clinical in her return game without wasting any break point and break Hibino 5 times.

Kostyuk has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of her matches (219-132). 1-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Kostyuk has a compiled 116-70 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Jule Niemeier

Ranked no. 93, Jule reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maja Chwalinska 6-0 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Niemeier had a good straight sets win against Chwalinska (6-0 6-1). During the match Niemeier scored 59 points vs Chwalinska’s 32. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Niemeier managed to score 5 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jule Niemeier conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Niemeier put 64% of her first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Jule broke Chwalinska 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

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

Previously at the Australian Open

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kostyuk	Niemeier
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	25	13
Pts	81-69	59-32
Total Points	150	91
Winners	38	28
%Winners	47%	47%

Both Kostyuk and Niemeier played 1 match. At the moment, Marta Kostyuk lost 1 set while Jule Niemeier hasn’t lost a set so far. Kostyuk has played 1 set more than Niemeier (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kostyuk played 12 games more than Niemeier. Marta scored 38 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Jule bagged 28 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kostyuk	Niemeier
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	50/89	36/56
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	38/50	28/36
%1st pts	76%	78%
2nd pts	16/39	9/20
%2nd pts	41%	45%

Kostyuk managed to score 6 aces . Niemeier struck 5 aces . Kostyuk won 76% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Niemeier won 78% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kostyuk	Niemeier
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/7
% Converted	100%	71%
Conceded	13	5
Saved	10	5
% Saved	77%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Kostyuk broke her opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kostyuk dropped her serve 3 times and she saved 77% of the break points that she conceded. The German broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Jule was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Kostyuk
	R1 Hibino	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	81-69	81-69
Total points	150	150
Winners	38	38
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	11	11
1st in	50/89	50/89
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	38/50	38/50
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	16/39	16/39
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	10/13	10
Saved %	77%	77%
Times Broken	3	3

Niemeier
	R1 Chwalinska	Total
Score	6-0 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	13	13
pts	59-32	59-32
Total points	91	91
Winners	28	28
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	36/56	36/56
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	28/36	28/36
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/20	9/20
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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