Flavio Cipolla defeated Konstantin Kravchuk 4-6 6-2 6-1 in the Australian Open qualifying round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Flavio Cipolla came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 128. Flavio Cipolla extended the head-to-head to 2–0.
Cipolla F. came through in three sets.