Kimberly Birrell and Anna Blinkova will face off in the 1^st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Anna Blinkova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Anna Blinkova is the pick to win this match.
Anna Blinkova -> 1.79
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Anna Blinkova

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

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 79, Kimberly will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 7-5 6-3 to Mboko in the 1^st round on the 27^th of July.

The Australian has an aggregate 28-19 win-loss record in 2025, 18-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, The Australian has an overall 239-200 record. She has a positive 171-126 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Anna Blinkova

Ranked no. 81, Blinkova will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Montreal where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Kasatkina in the 2^nd round on the 29^th of July.

Blinkova has a compiled 22-20 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Blinkova has an overall 322-244 record. She has a positive 120-104 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maya JointJoint – Greetje MinnenMinnen (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (6-1 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Enrique Lopez-Perez/David MarreroLopez-Perez/David Marrero – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-6⁵ 2-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Federico GaioGaio – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Adam Pavlasek
  Pavlasek (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alessandro BegaBega (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Steve DarcisDarcis – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Manuel GuinardGuinard – Peter HellerHeller (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Hugo NysNys (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 5-7 7-6¹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro CachinCachin – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan LamasineLamasine – Jose Hernandez-FernandezHernandez-Fernandez (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato (6-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo ArguelloArguello – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo GastonGaston – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Venus WilliamsWilliams – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Taylor TownsendTownsend (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Eva LysLys (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lulu SunSun – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Maddison InglisInglis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Katie VolynetsVolynets (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasija SevastovaSevastova – Emina BektasBektas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Moyuka UchijimaUchijima – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ann LiLi – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Emiliana ArangoArango (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (4-4) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-0) – H2H and prediction