H2H, prediction of Dayana Yastremska vs Danka Kovinic at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 16th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Yastremska and Kovinic will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 16th of January

Prediction and head to head Dayana Yastremska vs. Danka Kovinic

Dayana Yastremska and Danka Kovinic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 13. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dayana Yastremska who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dayana Yastremska is the pick to win this match.
Dayana Yastremska -> 1.114
Danka Kovinic -> 6.4

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Prediction and head to head Dayana Yastremska vs. Danka Kovinic

There is no head to head record between Dayana Yastremska and Danka Kovinic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Dayana Yastremska

Dayana Yastremska
Dayana Yastremska

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
42
High
21
WWLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-13 8-7 5-4 4-1 6-1 0-0
2024 22-22 12-12 5-5 2-2 3-3 0-0
2023 39-29 19-13 12-9 5-4 3-3 0-0
2022 21-25 7-11 5-4 7-6 2-4 0-0
2021 7-12 3-8 2-1 2-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 33, Dayana reached the 2nd round after defeating Mayar Sherif 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Sherif (6-1 6-4). During the match, Yastremska scored 67 points vs Sherif’s 49. The Ukrainian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Yastremska blasted 5 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Dayana Yastremska was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of her 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian broke Sherif 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Yastremska has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (234-170). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Yastremska has a compiled 98-79 record in the last years on hard.

The Ukrainian has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Yastremska
Australian Open
Yastremska's Record

Danka Kovinic

Danka Kovinic
Danka Kovinic

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
576
High
46
LLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-4 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 3-4 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 16-16 4-8 10-7 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-21 6-8 23-11 0-1 0-1 0-0
2021 14-20 4-12 10-6 0-1 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 896, Danka reached the 2nd round after beating Lulu Sun 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, The had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-3 7-5). During the match Kovinic scored 75 points vs Sun’s 59. The was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovinic recorded 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Danka Kovinic was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of her 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Danka broke Sun 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See her history.

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

D.Yastremska
D.Kovinic
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
1h:28
1h:28
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
67
67
Total points​
75
75
67
67
Avg point​
75
75
29
29
Winners
28
28
29
29
Avg Winners​
28
28
43%
43%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
4
4
5
5
Avg Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3
3
29/38
29/38
1st won total​
28/35
28/35
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
16/28
16/28
2nd won total​
16/29
16/29
57%
57%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
3/8
3/8
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3/8
3/8
43%
43%
Won
38%
38%
6
6
Conceded
5
5
6
6
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Yastremska Kovinic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 21
Pts 67-49 75-59
Total Points 116 134
Winners 29 28
%Winners 43% 37%

Both Yastremska and Kovinic played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Yastremska and Kovinic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Yastremska played 4 games less than Kovinic. Yastremska scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The bagged 28 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Yastremska Kovinic
Aces 5 4
Avg per match 5 4
1st in 38/66 35/64
%1st in 58% 55%
1st pts 29/38 28/35
%1st pts 76% 80%
2nd pts 16/28 16/29
%2nd pts 57% 55%

Yastremska fired 5 aces . Kovinic fired 4 aces . Yastremska won 76% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kovinic won 80% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Yastremska Kovinic
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/8
% Converted 43% 38%
Conceded 6 5
Saved 6 4
% Saved 100% 80%
Times Broken 0 1

Dayana broke her opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Yastremska very solid her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Kovinic broke her opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The conceded her serve once and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Yastremska
R1
Sherif
Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 67-49 67-49
Total points 116 116
Winners 29 29
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 38/66 38/66
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 29/38 29/38
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 16/28 16/28
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 6/6 6
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Kovinic
R1
Sun
Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 75-59 75-59
Total points 134 134
Winners 28 28
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 35/64 35/64
% 1st in 55% 55%
1st pts 28/35 28/35
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 16/29 16/29
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Yastremska
WWLWWWWLWW
Kovinic
LLWWLWL
2025 2024 2023
23 - 13
3 - 4
8-7
Hard
1-2
4-1
I Hard
0-0
5-4
Clay
2-2
6-1
Grass
0-0

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