Janice Tjen and Kimberly Birrell will fight against each other in the final of the Chennai Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:00 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 Janice Tjen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Janice Tjen is the pick to win this match.
Janice Tjen -> 1.5
Kimberly Birrell -> 2.58

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Prediction and head to head Janice Tjen vs. Kimberly Birrell

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

Janice Tjen

Ranked no. 82, Tjen got to the final after beating Caroline Werner 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2, Linda Fruhvirtova 2-6 6-3 6-2, Mia Pohankova 6-3 6-1 and Lanlana Tararudee 7-6(6) 7-6(5).

In the semifinal, Janice had a good straight sets win against Tararudee (7-6⁶ 7-6⁵). During the match, Tjen scored 92 points vs Tararudee’s 86. Janice was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tjen struck 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Janice Tjen lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Tjen put 64% of her first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind her 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Janice broke Tararudee twice after converting 22% of her break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Indonesian has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points she played.

Tjen has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 84% of her matches (125-24). 71-15 on hard in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Tjen has an aggregate107-23 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W35 Goyang where she defeated Lin Zhu in the final 6-4 6-1 and the W35 Andong where she overcame Yexin Ma in the final 6-4 6-2 and the W35 Luzhou where she beat Fangzhou Liu in the final 6-0 6-4 and the W50 Taizhou where she beat Yidi Yang in the final 7-5 6-3 and the W35 Taipei where she beat Momoko Kobori in the final 4-6 6-1 6-2 and the Jinan where she beat Anna Bondar in the final 6-4 4-6 6-4.

Tjen has a compiled 76-15 win-loss record in 2025, 71-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chennai

Tjen has never competed in this tournament before.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 117, Birrell got to the final after beating Nikola Bartunkova 1-6 6-1 6-3

, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7-5 7-6(2), Donna Vekic 6-4 6-0 and Joanna Garland 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5.

In the semifinal against Garland, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-3 7-5). During the match Birrell scored 116 points vs Garland’s 104. Birrell was very aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Birrell fired 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 65% of her first serves in, winning 86% (56/65) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Kimberly broke Garland 4 times after converting 22% of her break points (4/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Birrell has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

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).

Kimberly has an overall 36-27 win-loss record in 2025, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tjen	Birrell
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	10
Tot Games	98	98
Pts	342-287	344-280
Total Points	629	624
Winners	138	134
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Tjen and Birrell played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Janice Tjen lost 2 sets, while Kimberly Birrell lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Tjen and Birrell have played the same amount of sets 10. They also played the same amount of games (98). Tjen scored 138 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 134 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tjen	Birrell
Aces	9	8
Avg per match	2.3	2
1st in	194/294	180/278
%1st in	66%	65%
1st pts	138/194	134/180
%1st pts	71%	74%
2nd pts	61/100	43/98
%2nd pts	61%	44%

Tjen recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Birrell blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Tjen won 71% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Birrell won 74% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tjen	Birrell
Won	17	21
Converted	17/40	21/57
% Converted	43%	37%
Conceded	24	22
Saved	16	9
% Saved	67%	41%
Times Broken	8	13

Janice broke her opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Indonesian conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. The Australian broke her opponents 21 times with a 37% conversion rate. Kimberly conceded her serve 13 times and she saved 41% of the break points that she conceded.

Tjen
	R1 Uebelhoer	R2 Fruhvirtova	1/4 Pohankova	1/2 Tararudee	Total
Score	6-4 6-75 6-2	2-6 6-3 6-2	6-3 6-1	7-66 7-65
Tot Set	3	3	2	2	10
Tot Games	31	25	16	26	98
pts	96-84	86-74	68-43	92-86	342-287
Total points	180	160	111	178	629
Winners	42	36	22	38	138
%Winners	44%	42%	32%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	1	0	2	9
Double Faults	3	4	1	2	10
1st in	55/87	54/77	31/46	54/84	194/294
% 1st in	63%	70%	67%	64%	66%
1st pts	42/55	36/54	22/31	38/54	138/194
% 1st pts	76%	67%	71%	70%	71%
2nd pts	22/32	9/23	10/15	20/30	61/100
% 2nd pts	69%	39%	67%	67%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	6	5	2	17
Converted	4/8	6/11	5/12	2/9	17/40
Converted %	50%	55%	42%	22%	43%
Conceded	3	11	4	6	24
Saved	2/3	7/11	3/4	4/6	16
Saved %	67%	64%	75%	67%	68%
Times Broken	1	4	1	2	8

Birrell
	R1 Bartunkova	R2 Rashmikaa	1/4 Vekic	1/2 Garland	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 6-3	7-5 7-62	6-4 6-0	6-72 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	23	25	16	34	98
pts	73-59	97-86	58-31	116-104	344-280
Total points	132	183	89	220	624
Winners	29	27	22	56	134
%Winners	40%	28%	38%	48%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	2	3	8
Double Faults	5	7	2	8	22
1st in	46/64	41/71	28/43	65/100	180/278
% 1st in	72%	58%	65%	65%	65%
1st pts	29/46	27/41	22/28	56/65	134/180
% 1st pts	63%	66%	79%	86%	74%
2nd pts	7/18	11/30	12/15	13/35	43/98
% 2nd pts	39%	37%	80%	37%	44%
Breaks
Won	6	7	4	4	21
Converted	6/8	7/22	4/9	4/18	21/57
Converted %	75%	32%	44%	22%	37%
Conceded	7	9	0	6	22
Saved	2/7	3/9	0/0	4/6	9
Saved %	29%	33%	–	67%	32%
Times Broken	5	6	0	2	13

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