Kimberly Birrell and Anastasia Zakharova will face off in the 1^st round of the Tennis in the Land for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.62
Anastasia Zakharova -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Anastasia Zakharova

This will be the 2^nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Anastasia Zakharova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zakharova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zakharova won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Hua Hin back in 2024.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 82, Kimberly will start her run in Cleveland after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Pegula in the 2^nd round on the 10^th of August.

Birrell has a composed 29-20 win-loss record in 2025, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about her overall career, The Australian has an overall 240-201 record. She has a positive 172-127 record on hard.

Previously in Cleveland

Birrell has never competed in this tournament before.

Anastasia Zakharova

Ranked no. 100, the Russian will start her run in Cleveland after she played her last match in Cincinnati where she lost 4-6 6-2 6-2 to Inglis in the qualifications on the 6^th of August.

The Russian has a compiled 23-21 win-loss record in 2025, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W100 Zaragoza where she defeated Kaitlin Quevedo in the final 6-3 6-1.

In terms of her career, Zakharova has an overall 268-144 record. She has a positive 131-60 record on hard.

Tennis Scores in Cleveland

• Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte – Ryan ShaneShane (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (7-6⁶ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dennis NovikovNovikov – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• John McnallyMcnally – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-7⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Makoto OchiOchi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander SarkissianSarkissian – Vincent MillotMillot (6-2 4-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Facundo MenaMena (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Evan SongSong – Jared HiltzikHiltzik (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Maxime CressyCressy (0-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel NguyenNguyen – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-4 6-7⁵ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Roy SmithSmith (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-7⁴ 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Elsa JacquemotJacquemot – Jessica FaillaFailla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Yafan WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jil TeichmannTeichmann – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa – Ann LiLi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Yue YuanYuan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Viktorija GolubicGolubic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Suzan LamensLamens – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction