Hikaru Sato vs Haruka Nishimura — W35 Makinohara Round of 32

W35 Makinohara · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
JPN
Hikaru Sato
#501WTA
27 yrs · 174 cm
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 October 2025
carpet
JPN
Haruka Nishimura
17 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
L
Sato H.
6-4 4-6 6-1
Nishimura H.
Sato H.
6462
Nishimura H.
4611

Hikaru Sato defeated Haruka Nishimura 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the W35 Makinohara round of 32 on carpet.

Key context

  • Match story: Hikaru Sato came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–4 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sato H.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Nishimura H.

Nishimura H.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Sato 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Sato H.Nishimura H.
1st serve in·Clear edge
61%
74%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
55%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
52%
Return points won·Even
42%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
0.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (48 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sato H.
4.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 35 days (−0.7)
Nishimura H.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
8.0
Surface transition
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.

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