Marta Kostyuk and Kimberly Birrell will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Miami Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.4
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.95

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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Kimberly Birrell

There is no head to head record between Marta Kostyuk and Kimberly Birrell since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 29, Kostyuk will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Zheng in the 4^th round on the 11^th of March.

Kostyuk has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Ukrainian has an overall 226-137 record. She has a positive 123-75 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See her history.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 68 (career-high), Kimberly reached the 2^nd round after defeating Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-4 6-3, Harriet Dart 6-4 6-3 and Anastasia Potapova 3-6 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1^st round against Potapova, Birrell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-6⁵). During the match Birrell scored 102 points vs Potapova’s 94. Kimberly was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Birrell recorded 3 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 67% of her first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Potapova 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she overcame Maddison Inglis in the final 6-2 4-6 7-6(2).

Kimberly has an aggregate 20-5 win-loss record in 2025, 18-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Miami

• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Alycia ParksParks (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Skander MansouriMansouri – Aaron SchmidSchmid (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Yuichiro InuiInui (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Gabriele Maria Noce
  Maria Noce (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Jake HerseyHersey (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michal DembekDembek – Maxime HamouHamou (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Hugo PonticoPontico (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo – Mateus Alves (2001)Alves (2001) (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaAryna – Viktoriya TomovaViktoriya (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Julia GrabherGrabher (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-5) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (1-2) – H2H and prediction