Australian Open 2025: Aryna Sabalenka vs Mirra Andreeva preview, head-to-head, prediction, and pick

Match Details

Fixture: (1) Aryna Sabalenka vs (14) Mirra Andreeva

Date: January 19, 2025

Tournament: Australian Open 2025

Round: Fourth Round (Round of 16)

Venue: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia

Category: Grand Slam

Surface: Hard (Outdoor)

Prize Money: A$ 96,500,000

Live Telecast: USA - ESPN & Tennis Channel | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Sports & Sony LIV

Aryna Sabalenka vs Mirra Andreeva preview

Aryna Sabalenka and Mirra Andreeva after their Quarterfinal match at the 2024 French Open. - Source: Getty

Top seed and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka will face 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva in the fourth round match at the Australian Open on Sunday, January 19.

26-year-old Aryna Sabalenka has a winning streak of 17 matches at the Australian Open, in fact, she has not lost a singlr set at Melbourne Park since 2023 final. The Belarusian also won the US Open in 2024 and finished that season with 18 wins out of her 19 matches at Grand Slams.

Sabalenka's only Grand Slam loss in 2024 was against Mirra Andreeva in the quarterfinals of the French Open. The teenager has reached the last 16 at the Australian Open for the second time in a row and has an 83% win percentage at Melbourne Park.

Andreeva entered the Melbourne Major as the 14th seed and started with a comprehensive 6-3, 6-3 win over Marie Bouzkova in the first round. She followed it up with a hard-fought win over Moyuka Uchijima to set up a third-round clash with 23rd seed Magdalena Frech.

Andreeva once again had to toil but eventually, prevailed, registering a 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 win, and a place in the second week of the Australian Open.

Aryna Sabalenka vs Mirra Andreeva head-to-head

Aryna Sabalenka leads Mirra Andreeva 3-1 in the head-to-head record. Andreeva won their only meeting at a Grand Slam whereas the Belarusian won their only meeting on a hard court, which was two weeks back at the Brisbane International.

Aryna Sabalenka vs Mirra Andreeva odds

Player	Moneyline	Handicap bets	Total games
Aryna Sabalenka	TBD	TBD	TBD
Mirra Andreeva	TBD	TBD	TBD

(Odds will be added when available)

Aryna Sabalenka vs Mirra Andreeva prediction

3-time Grand Slam champion Sabalenka has won 30 out of the last 31 Grand Slam matches on the hard courts. She has reached the semifinals at the last five hard courts Grand Slams and overall she has reached the last four at seven of the last eight Grand Slams.

The World No. 1 had saved all eight break points in their last meeting in Brisbane, so she would try to ensure that her younger opponent does not get confidence, or else she can be difficult to control.

Russia's Andreeva, who aims to break into the Top 10 this season, has dropped two sets at the 2025 Australian Open already, against Moyuka Uchijima in the second round and against Magdalena Frech in the third round.

The youngster would require some luck along with a perfect to end the winning streak of her opponent. She has made a combined 98 unforced errors in last two matches so she would to control that as well.

Pick: Sabalenka to win in three sets