Kimberly Birrell def. Tamara Zidansek — Round of 32, Korea Open 2026

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Korea Open 2026

WTA 250HardSeoul, South Korea

Played22 Sep 2026

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

🇦🇺ranked WTA number 56 going into this drawWon

Kimberly Birrell seeded 2 7 6

🇸🇮ranked WTA number 135 going into this draw

Tamara Zidansek 62 4

🇦🇺K. BirrellKimberly BirrellvT. ZidansekTamara Zidansek🇸🇮

🇦🇺Kimberly Birrell

🇸🇮Tamara Zidansek

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

3–7

Last 10 matches

4–6

1–2

Last 30 days

0–1

By surface

1–5

Hard

0–1

1–2

Clay

3–1

2–4

Grass

–

By round

1–4

R32

1–0

0–1

R16

1–0

4–7

First match at an event

1–1

1–4

At WTA 250s

3–1

How their matches go

15

Completed matches

5

7%

Won in straight sets

20%

20%

Won after losing a set

40%

33%

Lost after winning a set

20%

40%

Lost in straight sets

20%

2–5

Tiebreaks

1–2

3–5

Deciding sets

2–1

2/4

Won after winning set 1

2/3

2/11

Won after losing set 1

1/2

Serve and return, last 5 matches

61%

1st serve in

61%

62%

1st serve points won

58%

37%

2nd serve points won

44%

53%

Break points saved

55%

40%

Return points won

47%

50%

Break points won

52%

2.6

Aces a match

2.0

8.6

Double faults a match

5.6

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

20

Days since last match

22

Last 10 matches going in

LatestKimberly BirrellTamara Zidansek
1Lost🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 19No. 19 · 2 SepNew York R64 · 2 SepLost🇺🇿M. TimofeevaMaria TimofeevaNo. 92No. 92 · 31 AugNew York R128 · 31 Aug
2Won🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 73No. 73 · 31 AugNew York R128 · 31 AugLost🇪🇸P. Badosa GibertPaula Badosa GibertNo. 141No. 141 · 18 JulIasi SF · 18 Jul
3Lost🇨🇿D. VidmanovaDarja VidmanovaNo. 88No. 88 · 25 AugMonterrey R32 · 25 AugWon🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 47No. 47 · 17 JulIasi QF · 17 Jul
4Lost🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 83No. 83 · 13 AugCincinnati R128 · 13 AugWon🇭🇺A. BondarAnna BondarNo. 74No. 74 · 15 JulIasi R16 · 15 Jul
5Lost🇨🇭V. GolubicViktorija GolubicNo. 51No. 51 · 2 AugCanada R128 · 2 AugWon🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 97No. 97 · 14 JulIasi R32 · 14 Jul
6Lost🇨🇳Y. MaYexin MaNo. 195No. 195 · 28 JulMemphis R32 · 28 JulLost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 41No. 41 · 4 FebCluj-Napoca R16 · 4 Feb
7Lost🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 18No. 18 · 2 JulLondon R64 · 2 JulWon🇸🇮V. ErjavecVeronika ErjavecNo. 102No. 102 · 2 FebCluj-Napoca R32 · 2 Feb
8Won🇷🇺A. KorneevaAlina KorneevaNo. 94No. 94 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 JunLost🇦🇹A. PotapovaAnastasia PotapovaNo. 35No. 35 · 13 JanMelbourne R128 · 13 Jan
9Lost🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 52No. 52 · 24 JunEastbourne R16 · 24 JunLost🇺🇸V. LepchenkoVarvara LepchenkoNo. 149No. 149 · 29 OctMerida R32 · 29 Oct
10Won🇨🇿B. KrejcikovaBarbora KrejcikovaNo. 39No. 39 · 23 JunEastbourne R32 · 23 JunLost🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 136No. 136 · 21 SepHua Hin SF · 21 Sep