

What Time Will Holger Rune Play Against Matteo Berrettini?
Rune and Berrettini are on the Day 5 Schedule at Australian Open 2025 on Thursday 16 January. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Head-to-head: Rune leads 3-1
In their previous meetings, Rune has won three out of four matches against Berrettini.
Their most recent match was at the Shanghai-1000 in 2024, where Rune won 46 64 63.
This will be their first meeting at a Grand Slam tournament.
Rune is currently ranked 13th in the ATP rankings, while Berrettini is ranked 34th.
Rune has won four titles in his career, while Berrettini has won ten.
Rune has a career Grand Slam record of 23-13, while Berrettini has a record of 50-21.
In the Australian Open, Rune has a record of 5-3, while Berrettini has a record of 10-5.
Rune has a career record of 140-86, while Berrettini has a record of 189-99.
On hard courts, Rune has a career record of 80-50, while Berrettini has a record of 83-67.
In 2025, both players have a record of 1-1, and on hard courts, their record is also 1-1.
Rune has a career record of 5-3 in five-set matches, while Berrettini has a record of 7-2.
Both players have come back from 0-2 down to win a match once.
Rune has a career tiebreak record of 63-39, while Berrettini has a record of 96-74.
In 2025, Rune
has a tiebreak record of 0-0, while Berrettini has a record of 0-1.
This is Rune’s fourth Australian Open appearance and his 14th Grand Slam overall.
Rune reached the second round after defeating Zhang Zhizhen in the first round.
In his previous Australian Open appearances, Rune reached the second round once and lost in the first round once.
Rune’s best Australian Open result was reaching the round of 16 in 2023.
Rune’s best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals on three occasions.
Berrettini is bidding to reach the second round for the third time in his seventh Australian Open appearance.
He advanced to the second round after defeating Cameron Norrie in the first round.
Berrettini’s best Australian Open result was reaching the semifinals in 2022.
He reached the final at Wimbledon in 2021 and became the first Italian man to reach a Grand Slam final since 1976.
Berrettini won three tour-level titles in 2024 and was a member of the Italian team that won the Davis Cup.
Both players have had success at the Grand Slams, and their match at the Australian Open will be an important one.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Rune will win.
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