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Anna Kalinskaya faces Tereza Valentova in the Brisbane WTA round of 64 on hard courts on 04 Jan 2026, with the best-of-three format setting an early-season test. This preview runs through the form lines, the market view and the workload notes, and it also explains how to watch or follow the match live.
With the 2026 season only just beginning, the numbers can swing quickly, but the early indicators give Valentova a narrow edge despite Kalinskaya's higher ranking.FINISHED
Valentova T.
Kalinskaya A.
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The 2026 season is only just getting going in Brisbane, and neither player has yet built a hard-court win-loss record for this campaign. That clean slate shifts attention to longer-running signals, and it sharpens the contrast in ranking: Kalinskaya comes in higher than Valentova.
Valentova arrives with a 7-3 record from her last 10 matches, while Kalinskaya is 4-6 over the same spell. Valentova has held serve more often in that run, winning 71% of service games to Kalinskaya's 62%, but her serving has also come with more double faults.
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Bookmakers price Valentova at 1.67 against Kalinskaya at 2.2, with first-set prices 1.73 versus 2.1. It is a lean rather than a statement, which suits an opening-round match at the very start of a new season.
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Kalinskaya A.
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The recent hold-rate gap hints at Valentova being better placed to protect key service games, especially if the match stays tight early. Kalinskaya's higher ranking suggests a higher baseline when she finds rhythm, and she also arrives with a lighter recent load: 6 hours 26 minutes across her last five matches compared with Valentova's 9 hours 51 minutes. Over best-of-three, those small differences can show up late.
Prediction
Tereza Valentova
Anna Kalinskaya
The data points slightly more towards Tereza Valentova, with the market making her a narrow favourite and her last-10 results stronger than Anna Kalinskaya's. Still, the season has only just started and Valentova has carried the heavier recent workload, so the overall gap looks modest rather than decisive.
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