Amanda Anisimova def. Kimberly Birrell — Round of 32, Brisbane International 2026

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Brisbane International 2026

WTA 500HardBrisbane, Australia

Played7 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R64
  2. R32
  3. R16
  4. QF
  5. Semifinal
  6. Final

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 4 going into this drawWon

Amanda Anisimova seeded 2 6 6

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 98 going into this draw

Kimberly Birrell 1 3

🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovavK. BirrellKimberly Birrell🇦🇺

🇺🇸Amanda Anisimova

🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell

Match stats

Serve

4

Aces

0

1

Double faults

5

60%

1st serve in

66%

76%

1st serve points won

55%

65%

2nd serve points won

24%

71%

Service points won

44%

1/2

Break points saved

1/6

Return

56%

Return points won

29%

5/6

Break points won

1/2

58

Total points won

34

Head to head

2–0 Anisimova

  1. This matchBrisbane R32won by Anisimova
  2. 2025HardNew York R128won by Anisimova

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

8–2

Last 10 matches

5–5

–

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

15–3

Hard

6–6

2–2

Indoor hard

–

2–1

Grass

–

By round

3–1

R32

1–1

2–1

R16

1–0

–

At WTA 500s

1–0

How their matches go

24

Completed matches

12

42%

Won in straight sets

25%

33%

Won after losing a set

25%

4%

Lost after winning a set

8%

21%

Lost in straight sets

42%

5–4

Tiebreaks

1–2

8–1

Deciding sets

3–1

13/13

Won after winning set 1

4/5

5/11

Won after losing set 1

2/7

Serve and return, last 5 matches

64%

1st serve in

66%

67%

1st serve points won

72%

49%

2nd serve points won

43%

58%

Break points saved

45%

41%

Return points won

45%

43%

Break points won

30%

4.0

Aces a match

2.4

3.2

Double faults a match

5.2

Last 14 days

0

Matches

1

0

Sets

3

61

Days since last match

2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAmanda AnisimovaKimberly Birrell
1Lost🇧🇾A. SabalenkaAryna SabalenkaNo. 1No. 1 · 7 NovRiyadh SF · 7 NovWon🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 72No. 72 · 5 JanBrisbane R64 · 5 Jan
2Won🇵🇱I. ŚwiątekIga ŚwiątekNo. 2No. 2 · 5 NovRiyadh RR · 5 NovLost🇮🇩J. TjenJanice TjenNo. 80No. 80 · 2 NovChennai F · 2 Nov
3Won🇺🇸M. KeysMadison KeysNo. 7No. 7 · 3 NovRiyadh RR · 3 NovWon🇹🇼J. GarlandJoanna GarlandNo. 131No. 131 · 1 NovChennai SF · 1 Nov
4Lost🇰🇿E. RybakinaElena RybakinaNo. 6No. 6 · 1 NovRiyadh RR · 1 NovWon🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 79No. 79 · 31 OctChennai QF · 31 Oct
5Won🇨🇿L. NoskovaLinda NoskovaNo. 29No. 29 · 5 OctBeijing F · 5 OctWon🇮🇳S. Rashmikaa BhamidipatyShrivalli Rashmikaa BhamidipatyR16 · 30 OctChennai R16 · 30 Oct
6Won🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 3No. 3 · 4 OctBeijing SF · 4 OctWon🇨🇿N. BartunkovaNikola BartunkovaNo. 132No. 132 · 29 OctChennai R32 · 29 Oct
7Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 2 OctBeijing QF · 2 OctLost🇱🇻A. SevastovaAnastasija SevastovaR128 · 24 SepBeijing R128 · 24 Sep
8Won🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 15No. 15 · 30 SepBeijing R16 · 30 SepLost🇺🇸A. AnisimovaAmanda AnisimovaNo. 9No. 9 · 26 AugNew York R128 · 26 Aug
9Won🇨🇳S. ZhangShuai ZhangNo. 114No. 114 · 28 SepBeijing R32 · 28 SepLost🇷🇺A. ZakharovaAnastasia ZakharovaNo. 100No. 100 · 17 AugCleveland R32 · 17 Aug
10Won🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 55No. 55 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 SepLost🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 4No. 4 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug