Sara Saito vs Dayeon Back — W35 Makinohara Final

W35 Makinohara · CHALLENGER · Final
JPN
Sara Saito
#280WTA
1393ELO
19 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 October 2025
carpet
KOR
Dayeon Back
#264WTA
24 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWWWWWW
Saito S.
6-1 6-2
Back D.
Saito S.
662
Back D.
12–

Sara Saito defeated Dayeon Back 6-1 6-2 in the W35 Makinohara final on carpet.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Saito S.serving33% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Back D.

Back D.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Saito S.

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
Saito S.Back D.
1st serve in·Even
65%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
40%
45%
Service points won·Even
53%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
50%
Break points saved·Even
50%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 95). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Saito S.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Back D.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
Surface form
7.2
0.0
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
8.0
Surface transition
8.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
8.5

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.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Saito S.
Back D.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Back D.
Shimizu A.
7-621-67-63
Saito S.
Park S.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Back D.
Lee E.
6-36-4
Shimizu A.
Hosogi S.
6-46-4
Park S.
Abe H.
1-66-46-3
Saito S.
Shimizu E.
6-36-0
R16
Back D.
Matsuda R.
6-36-1
Park S.
Sato H.
6-46-3
Abe H.
Yuan C.
6-17-5
Hosogi S.
Lee Y.
6-16-1
Lee E.
Kawamura M.
6-36-2
Shimizu E.
Nakashima M.
6-26-1
Shimizu A.
Kinoshita H.
6-42-66-3
Saito S.
Suzuki N.
6-16-0
R32
Shimizu E.
Mushika M.
6-767-50-0
Sato H.
Nishimura H.
6-44-66-1
Lee E.
Suzuki M.
7-56-3
Back D.
Chen M.
6-26-0
Park S.
Higashitani N.
6-16-767-5
Abe H.
Deng T.
6-26-4
Suzuki N.
Kawagishi N.
6-26-1
Kawamura M.
Naito Y.
6-46-4
Matsuda R.
Miyamoto A.
6-36-1
Kinoshita H.
Noguchi S.
6-26-1
Hosogi S.
Saegusa N.
6-46-1
Lee Y.
Yoshimoto N.
6-36-4
Yuan C.
Moon J.
6-47-5
Nakashima M.
Yoshida S.
6-36-4
Shimizu A.
Yoshioka K.
7-666-4
Saito S.
Matsuda M.
2-67-56-2