Kimberly Birrell and Nikola Bartunkova will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Chennai Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.78
Nikola Bartunkova -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Nikola Bartunkova
There is no head to head record
between Kimberly Birrell and Nikola Bartunkova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.Kimberly Birrell
32 - 27win/loss
95
60
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-28 | 28-16 | 1-5 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 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. 117, the Australian will start her run in Chennai after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) to Boulter in the qualifications on the 19th of October.
Kimberly has a compiled 32-27 win-loss record in 2025, 22-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the season 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 243-208 record. She has a positive 175-134 record on hard.
Previously in Chennai
Kimberly has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikola Bartunkova
53 - 17win/loss
130
130
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-19 | 8-5 | 26-8 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-10 | 0-1 | 21-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-15 | 14-4 | 13-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 133, Bartunkova will start her run in Chennai after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sonobe in the 1st round on the 21st of October.
Bartunkova has a composed 53-17 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W35 Sunderland where she overcame Amelia Rajecki in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and the Vaihingen where she overcame Emily Seibold in the final 6-4 7-6(2) and the W75 Hechingen where she overcame Julia Grabher in the final 7-5 6-2.
In terms of her career, Bartunkova has an overall 143-61 record. She has a positive 22-9 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Chennai
- Caroline WernerWerner – Thasaporn NakloNaklo (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Arianne HartonoHartono – Priska Madelyn NugrohoMadelyn Nugroho (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Arina RodionovaRodionova (2-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Astrid Lew Yan FoonLew Yan Foon – Vaishnavi AdkarAdkar (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zeynep SonmezSonmez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katarzyna KawaKawa – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thasaporn NakloNaklo – Diane ParryParry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mai HontamaHontama – Storm SandersSanders (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arianne HartonoHartono – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Francesca JonesJones (0-0) – H2H and prediction