Greet Minnen vs Sara Saito — Osaka Qualifying Round 1

Osaka · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Greet Minnen
BEL
Greet Minnen
#180WTA
1723ELO
1667Hard ELO
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 October 2025
hard
JPN
Sara Saito
#281WTA
1393ELO
1395Hard ELO
19 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLLWW
Minnen G.
7-5 6-1
Saito S.
Minnen G.
762
Saito S.
51–

Greet Minnen defeated Sara Saito 7-5 6-1 in the Osaka qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Greet Minnen came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Minnen G.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Saito S.

Saito S.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Minnen G.

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
Minnen G.Saito S.
1st serve in·Even
63%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
40%
Service points won·Slight edge
60%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
1.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.6
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (72 vs 76). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Minnen G.
7.5
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Saito S.
5.3
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
8.5+272 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
1.5Hard Elo 1395
9.2Overall Elo 1723
ELO gap
0.8Overall Elo 1393
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.6
Surface form
6.1
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Minnen G.Saito S.
Freshness·
69
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Minnen G.: 3 days rest · 4 matches, 86 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Valentova T.
Minnen G.
4-66-46-2
Gracheva V.
Ruse E.
7-626-2
Garland J.
Mcnally C.
6-16-3
Volynets K.
Birrell K.
6-46-3
Cocciaretto E.
Juvan K.
7-656-2
Galfi D.
Townsend T.
6-16-3
Q1
Valentova T.
Charaeva A.
6-16-2
Minnen G.
Saito S.
7-56-1
Gracheva V.
Sakatsume H.
6-37-5
Ruse E.
Salkova D.
6-736-06-1
Mcnally C.
Liu C.
6-26-2
Garland J.
Koike E.
6-35-76-1
Birrell K.
Hontama M.
6-17-65
Volynets K.
Kinoshita H.
6-46-4
Cocciaretto E.
Inglis M.
6-16-4
Juvan K.
Sharma A.
3-66-26-2
Galfi D.
Okamura K.
6-37-67
Townsend T.
Yamaguchi M.
6-746-37-63