Sonay Kartal and Kimberly Birrell will square off in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sonay Kartal who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sonay Kartal is the pick to win this match.
Sonay Kartal -> 1.64
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Sonay Kartal vs. Kimberly Birrell

This will be the 3^rd time that Sonay Kartal and Kimberly Birrell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kartal and Birrell (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Birrell won 7-6(4) 7-5 in the quarter in the W100 Ilkley back in 2024.

Sonay Kartal

Ranked no. 56 (career-high), Kartal will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in Madrid where she lost 6-3 6-1 to Svitolina in the 2^nd round on the 25^th of April.

Kartal has an overall 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Sonay has an overall 152-52 record. She has a positive 34-12 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Sonay has never competed in this tournament before.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 60 (career-high), the Australian will start her run in Rome after she played her last match in the Vic where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Galfi in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of April.

The Australian has a composed 22-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of her career, Kimberly has an overall 233-190 record. She has a negative 20-27 record on clay.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Patrik RiklRikl – Alex SolankiSolanki (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jacob GrillsGrills – Jiri BarnatBarnat (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Colin SinclairSinclair – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tadeas ParoulekParoulek – Zdenek DerkasDerkas (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dan AddedAdded – Michal KonecnyKonecny (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Julian LenzLenz – Krystof ZapskyZapsky (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Evan FurnessFurness – Sekou BangouraBangoura (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dominik RecekRecek – Tobias SimonSimon (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ondrej StylerStyler – Tomas JirousekJirousek (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petr NouzaNouza – Marek GengelGengel (1-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Antonin BolardtBolardt (6-1 3-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Tomas MachacMachac (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ondrej KrstevKrstev – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas GerchGerch – Jan SilhavySilhavy (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Lisa PigatoPigato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alize CornetCornet – Anna BondarBondar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Varvara LepchenkoLepchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xiyu WangWang – Arantxa RusRus (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Eva LysLys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-1) – H2H and prediction
• Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Nuria BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sara ErraniErrani – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Ann LiLi (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (2-1) – H2H and prediction