H2H, prediction of Ann Li vs Kimberly Birrell in Singapore with odds, preview, pick | 31st January 2025

PREVIEW. Singapore. Li and Birrell will face off in the quarter of the Singapore Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 31st of January

Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Kimberly Birrell

Ann Li and Kimberly Birrell will face off in the quarter of the Singapore Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ann Li is the pick to win this match.
Ann Li -> 1.63
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Kimberly Birrell

There is no head to head record between Ann Li and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ann Li

Ann Li
Ann Li

6 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
2-0
Rank
64
High
44
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-5 4-4 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2024 42-27 16-14 22-9 4-3 0-1 0-0
2023 36-28 16-13 15-9 4-4 1-2 0-0
2022 16-20 7-10 2-3 4-3 3-4 0-0
2021 25-14 19-8 1-1 4-2 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 85, the American got to the quarter after beating Daria Saville 6-3 6-1 and Maria Timofeeva 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Timofeeva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Li scored 61 points vs Timofeeva’s 40. Li was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Li fired 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ann Li was very effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of her 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Timofeeva 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Li hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points she played.

Li has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (237-157). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Li has an overall 25-15 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The American has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Singapore

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Li
Singapore
Li's Record

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell
Kimberly Birrell

8 - 2win/loss

Hard
6-2
I Hard
2-0
Rank
76
High
75
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-3 11-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 41-30 22-19 1-1 1-6 12-4 5-0
2023 42-33 32-21 4-7 0-1 1-4 5-0
2022 41-25 38-20 3-2 0-0 0-3 0-0
2021 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 95 (career-high), Kimberly got to the quarter after beating Polina Kudermetova 6-3 6-2 and Hailey Baptiste 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5.

In the 2nd round against Baptiste, Birrell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 7-5). During the match Birrell scored 123 points vs Baptiste’s 109. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Birrell scored 2 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (50/72) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. Birrell broke Baptiste 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Birrell has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Kimberly has a composed 8-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Birrell
Singapore
Birrell's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Li
K.Birrell
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
!
3h:51
3h:51
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
!
2h:50
2h:50
2
2
Match played
2
2
33
33
Games Played​
51
51
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
118
118
Total points​
186
186
59
59
Avg point​
93
93
44
44
Winners
74
74
22
22
Avg Winners​
37
37
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
6
6
Double Faults
10
10
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
44/56
44/56
1st won total​
74/110
74/110
!
79%
79%
1st won %
67%
67%
26/46
26/46
2nd won total​
29/54
29/54
57%
57%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
9/16
9/16
BP won
10/21
10/21
4.5/8
4.5/8
Avg BP won
5/10.5
5/10.5
!
56%
56%
Won
48%
48%
8
8
Conceded
14
14
4
4
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
6
6
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Li Birrell
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 33 51
Pts 118-80 186-155
Total Points 198 341
Winners 44 74
%Winners 37% 40%

Both Li and Birrell played 2 matches. At the moment, Kimberly Birrell dropped 1 set while Ann Li hasn’t lost a set so far. Li has played 1 set(s) less than Birrell (4 vs 5). Therefore, Li played 18 games less than Birrell. Li scored 44 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kimberly struck 74 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Li Birrell
Aces 7 7
Avg per match 3.5 3.5
1st in 56/102 110/164
%1st in 55% 67%
1st pts 44/56 74/110
%1st pts 79% 67%
2nd pts 26/46 29/54
%2nd pts 57% 54%

Li managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Birrell managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Li won 79% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Li Birrell
Won 9 10
Converted 9/16 10/21
% Converted 56% 48%
Conceded 8 14
Saved 6 10
% Saved 75% 71%
Times Broken 2 4

Ann broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Li surrendered her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Birrell conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Li
R1
Gavrilova
R2
Timofeeva
Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 17 33
pts 57-40 61-40 118-80
Total points 97 101 198
Winners 21 23 44
%Winners 37% 38% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 7
Double Faults 3 3 6
1st in 30/55 26/47 56/102
% 1st in 55% 55% 55%
1st pts 21/30 23/26 44/56
% 1st pts 70% 88% 79%
2nd pts 13/25 13/21 26/46
% 2nd pts 52% 62% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/6 4/10 9/16
Converted % 83% 40% 56%
Conceded 6 2 8
Saved 5/6 1/2 6
Saved % 83% 50% 67%
Times Broken 1 1 2
Birrell
R1
Kudermetova
R2
Baptiste
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-73 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 34 51
pts 63-46 123-109 186-155
Total points 109 232 341
Winners 24 50 74
%Winners 38% 41% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 2 7
Double Faults 1 9 10
1st in 38/47 72/117 110/164
% 1st in 81% 62% 67%
1st pts 24/38 50/72 74/110
% 1st pts 63% 69% 67%
2nd pts 4/9 25/45 29/54
% 2nd pts 44% 56% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 4 10
Converted 6/9 4/12 10/21
Converted % 67% 33% 48%
Conceded 3 11 14
Saved 1/3 9/11 10
Saved % 33% 82% 58%
Times Broken 2 2 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Li
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Birrell
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2025 2024 2023
8 - 5
13 - 3
4-4
Hard
11-2
4-1
I Hard
2-1

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