Himeno Sakatsume vs Natsumi Kawaguchi — Osaka Qualifying Round 1

Osaka · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
JPN
Himeno Sakatsume
#121WTA
1611ELO
1599Hard ELO
24 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2023
hard
JPN
Natsumi Kawaguchi
#375WTA
1360ELO
1342Hard ELO
24 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLWWL
Sakatsume H.
6-3 6-3
Kawaguchi N.
Sakatsume H.
662
Kawaguchi N.
33–

Himeno Sakatsume defeated Natsumi Kawaguchi 6-3 6-3 in the Osaka qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Himeno Sakatsume came in ranked #121.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sakatsume H.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Kawaguchi N.

Kawaguchi N.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Sakatsume H.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Sakatsume H.Kawaguchi N.
1st serve in·Even
66%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
46%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.8
2.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (113 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Sakatsume H.Kawaguchi N.
Freshness·
100
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Sakatsume H.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Mandlik E.
Kaji H.
6-16-2
Savinykh V.
Zhao C.
6-26-3
Raina A.
Bondarenko K.
2-1
Hartono A.
Papamichail D.
6-17-5
Eala A.
Park S.
4-66-17-5
Sakatsume H.
Chong E.
6-35-76-0
Q1
Mandlik E.
Yang Y.
2-66-36-2
Kaji H.
Okamura K.
6-44-66-2
Savinykh V.
Ito A.
7-666-1
Zhao C.
Han N.
7-56-2
Raina A.
Naito Y.
6-37-5
Bondarenko K.
Hosogi S.
6-36-1
Papamichail D.
Bains N.
6-46-746-0
Hartono A.
Lansere S.
6-43-66-2
Eala A.
Contreras Gomez F.
6-36-4
Park S.
You X.
6-35-1
Sakatsume H.
Kawaguchi N.
6-36-3
Chong E.
Kobori M.
6-47-68