Kimberly Birrell and Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty will square off in the 2^nd round of the Chennai Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.114
Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty -> 6.35

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty

There is no head to head record between Kimberly Birrell and Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 117, the Australian got to the 2^nd round after beating Nikola Bartunkova 1-6 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Bartunkova, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Birrell scored 73 points vs Bartunkova’s 59. Kimberly was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Birrell scored just 1 ace throughout the match and she committed only 5 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 72% of her first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Bartunkova 6 times after converting 75% of her break points (6/8).

Birrell has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (223-191). 23-15 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has a compiled 162-121 record in the last years on hard.

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

Birrell has a composed 33-27 win-loss record in 2025, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

Birrell has never competed in this tournament before.

Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty

Ranked no. 434, Shrivalli reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Rashmikaa had a good straight sets win against Rajeshwaran Revathi (6-1 6-4). During the match Rashmikaa scored 56 points vs Rajeshwaran Revathi’s 39. Rashmikaa was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Rashmikaa managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rashmikaa put 62% of her first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (6/20) on the 2nd serve. Rashmikaa broke Rajeshwaran Revathi 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Rashmikaa has a composed 15-13 win-loss record in 2025, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Birrell	Rashmikaa
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	23	17
Pts	73-59	56-39
Total Points	132	95
Winners	29	26
%Winners	40%	46%

Both Birrell and Rashmikaa played 1 match. At the moment, Kimberly Birrell dropped 1 set while Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty hasn’t conceded a set so far. Birrell has played 1 set more than Rashmikaa (3 vs 2). Therefore, Birrell played 6 games more than Rashmikaa. Birrell scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rashmikaa made 26 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Birrell	Rashmikaa
Aces	1	2
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	46/64	32/52
%1st in	72%	62%
1st pts	29/46	26/32
%1st pts	63%	81%
2nd pts	7/18	6/20
%2nd pts	39%	30%

Birrell managed to score 1 ace . Rashmikaa also made 2 aces . Birrell won 63% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Rashmikaa won 81% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 30% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Birrell	Rashmikaa
Won	6	5
Converted	6/8	5/10
% Converted	75%	50%
Conceded	7	4
Saved	2	2
% Saved	29%	50%
Times Broken	5	2

The Australian broke her opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded. The Indian broke her opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rashmikaa conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Birrell
	R1 Bartunkova	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	23	23
pts	73-59	73-59
Total points	132	132
Winners	29	29
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	46/64	46/64
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	29/46	29/46
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	7/18	7/18
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	2/7	2
Saved %	29%	29%
Times Broken	5	5

Rashmikaa
	R1 Rajeshwaran Revathi	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	56-39	56-39
Total points	95	95
Winners	26	26
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/52	32/52
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	6/20	6/20
% 2nd pts	30%	30%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Chennai

• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Nikola BartunkovaBartunkova (1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-3 5-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Sahaja YamalapalliYamalapalli – Priska Madelyn NugrohoMadelyn Nugroho (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Polina IatcenkoIatcenko – Alina CharaevaCharaeva (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Shrivalli Rashmikaa BhamidipatyRashmikaa Bhamidipaty – Maaya Rajeshwaran RevathiRajeshwaran Revathi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lanlana TararudeeTararudee – Maria TimofeevaTimofeeva (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Janice TjenTjen – Caroline WernerWerner (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Storm HunterHunter – Mai HontamaHontama (6-7⁰ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Mia PohankovaPohankova – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Katarzyna KawaKawa – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (6-7 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Donna VekicVekic – Vaishnavi AdkarAdkar (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Diane ParryParry – Thasaporn NakloNaklo (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Linda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova – Astrid Lew Yan FoonLew Yan Foon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Tatiana ProzorovaProzorova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Francesca JonesJones (5-7 6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Joanna GarlandGarland – Arianne HartonoHartono (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Shrivalli Rashmikaa BhamidipatyRashmikaa Bhamidipaty (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arina RodionovaRodionova – Storm SandersSanders (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Joanna GarlandGarland – Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction