H2H, prediction of Jessica Pegula vs Olga Danilovic at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 17th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Pegula and Danilovic will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 17th of January

Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Olga Danilovic

Jessica Pegula and Olga Danilovic will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.27
Olga Danilovic -> 3.76

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Olga Danilovic

This will be the 2nd time that Jessica Pegula and Olga Danilovic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Pegula won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in the Orlando back in 2018.

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula

5 - 1win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
3
High
3
WWWLLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-12 20-6 11-5 0-0 3-1 0-0
2024 39-16 29-9 4-2 0-2 6-3 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 6, Jessica reached the 3rd round after defeating Maya Joint 6-3 6-0 and Elise Mertens 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Pegula had a good straight sets win against Mertens (6-4 6-2). During the match, Pegula scored 60 points vs Mertens’s 41. Pegula was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Pegula scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Jessica Pegula lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pegula put 74% of her first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind her 1st serve and 79% (11/14) on the 2nd serve. Jessica broke Mertens 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 61% of the points she played.

Pegula has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (309-158). 5-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pegula has an overall 209-91 match record in the last years on hard.

Jessica’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Adelaide.

Jessica has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Pegula
Australian Open
Pegula's Record

Olga Danilovic

Olga Danilovic
Olga Danilovic

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
39
High
33
LWWLLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-11 3-4 13-4 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 38-19 11-4 25-12 0-1 2-2 0-0
2023 26-15 4-6 17-6 2-1 3-2 0-0
2022 19-14 0-2 16-10 3-2 0-0 0-0
2021 20-15 10-5 10-6 0-2 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 55, the Serbian reached the 3rd round after defeating Arantxa Rus 6-4 6-4 and Liudmila Samsonova 6-1 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Danilovic had a good straight sets win against Samsonova (6-1 6-2). During the match Danilovic scored 58 points vs Samsonova’s 35. The Serbian was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about serving, Danilovic fired 3 aces and she was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Olga Danilovic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Danilovic put 68% of her first serves in, winning 65% (17/26) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Samsonova 6 times after converting 46% of her break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Olga hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

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

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.

Danilovic
Australian Open
Danilovic's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Pegula
O.Danilovic
2h:10
2h:10
Time on court​
2h:42
2h:42
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
2
2
Match played
2
2
33
33
Games Played​
35
35
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
120
120
Total points​
128
128
60
60
Avg point​
64
64
46
46
Winners
47
47
23
23
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
38%
38%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
8
8
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
46/64
46/64
1st won total​
47/66
47/66
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
19/26
19/26
2nd won total​
17/27
17/27
!
73%
73%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
9/20
9/20
BP won
9/23
9/23
4.5/10
4.5/10
Avg BP won
4.5/11.5
4.5/11.5
45%
45%
Won
39%
39%
3
3
Conceded
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Conceded
1.5
1.5
1
1
Broken
2
2
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pegula Danilovic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 33 35
Pts 120-78 128-94
Total Points 198 222
Winners 46 47
%Winners 38% 37%

Both Pegula and Danilovic played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pegula and Danilovic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pegula played 2 games less than Danilovic. Pegula scored 46 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Danilovic blasted 47 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pegula Danilovic
Aces 3 8
Avg per match 1.5 4
1st in 64/90 66/93
%1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 46/64 47/66
%1st pts 72% 71%
2nd pts 19/26 17/27
%2nd pts 73% 63%

Pegula recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Danilovic fired 8 aces (4 per match). Pegula won 72% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Danilovic won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pegula Danilovic
Won 9 9
Converted 9/20 9/23
% Converted 45% 39%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2 1
% Saved 67% 33%
Times Broken 1 2

The American broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Pegula lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Serbian broke her opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Olga conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded.

Pegula
R1
Joint
R2
Mertens
Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 18 33
pts 60-37 60-41 120-78
Total points 97 101 198
Winners 20 26 46
%Winners 33% 43% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 25/37 39/53 64/90
% 1st in 68% 74% 71%
1st pts 20/25 26/39 46/64
% 1st pts 80% 67% 72%
2nd pts 8/12 11/14 19/26
% 2nd pts 67% 79% 73%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/12 4/8 9/20
Converted % 42% 50% 45%
Conceded 0 3 3
Saved 0/0 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 34%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Danilovic
R1
Rus
R2
Samsonova
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 15 35
pts 70-59 58-35 128-94
Total points 129 93 222
Winners 30 17 47
%Winners 43% 29% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 8
Double Faults 3 0 3
1st in 40/55 26/38 66/93
% 1st in 73% 68% 71%
1st pts 30/40 17/26 47/66
% 1st pts 75% 65% 71%
2nd pts 9/15 8/12 17/27
% 2nd pts 60% 67% 63%
Breaks
Won 3 6 9
Converted 3/10 6/13 9/23
Converted % 30% 46% 39%
Conceded 2 1 3
Saved 1/2 0/1 1
Saved % 50% 0% 25%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Pegula
WWWLLWWWLL
Danilovic
LWWLLWWLWL
2025 2024 2023
34 - 12
19 - 11
20-6
Hard
3-4
0-0
I Hard
1-1
11-5
Clay
13-4
3-1
Grass
2-2

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