Taylah Preston vs Rina Saigo — W75 Kyoto Round of 32

W75 Kyoto · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
AUS
Taylah Preston
#117WTA
1600ELO
1590Hard ELO
20 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 March 2026
hard
JPN
Rina Saigo
#318WTA
1307ELO
1293Hard ELO
25 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Preston T.
6-4 6-4
Saigo R.
Preston T.
662
Saigo R.
44–

Taylah Preston defeated Rina Saigo 6-4 6-4 in the W75 Kyoto round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Taylah Preston came in ranked #117.

Key context

  • Match story: Taylah Preston edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Preston T.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Saigo R.

Saigo R.serving35% hold

wins 44% of points on serve vs Preston T.

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
Preston T.Saigo R.
1st serve in·Even
66%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
56%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
51%
Return points won·Even
48%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
48%
Aces / match·Even
1.7
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (36 vs 26). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Preston T.Saigo R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
38
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
54
35
Break points won·Even
96
96
Deciding sets·Dominant
28
81
Tiebreaks·
—
—

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Preston T.
8.1
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Saigo R.
3.1
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 28 days (−0.3)
Form & Matchup
10.0+298 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.0Hard Elo 1293
10.0Overall Elo 1600
ELO gap
0.0Overall Elo 1307
10.0No prior meetings
H2H
0.0
6.8
Surface form
2.2
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 4
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
Preston T.Saigo R.
Freshness·Slight edge
100
92

Preston T.: 20 days rest · Saigo R.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 12 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kinoshita H.
Shibahara E.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Shibahara E.
Ma Y.
6-37-63
Kinoshita H.
Von Deichmann K.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Von Deichmann K.
Yang Y.
7-646-736-4
Kinoshita H.
Kawaguchi N.
6-26-2
Shibahara E.
Kaji H.
2-66-27-63
Ma Y.
Koike E.
7-666-4
R16
Ma Y.
Yamazaki I.
6-46-4
Shibahara E.
Hayasaka K.
4-66-46-3
Kaji H.
Tian F.
3-67-56-3
Yang Y.
Preston T.
7-56-726-4
Von Deichmann K.
Serban R.
3-66-36-2
Kawaguchi N.
Okamura K.
6-36-2
Koike E.
Liu C.
6-27-65
Kinoshita H.
Park S.
4-67-57-67
R32
Yang Y.
Morvayova V.
6-46-2
Preston T.
Saigo R.
6-46-4
Hayasaka K.
Kuramochi M.
6-26-1
Kawaguchi N.
Yamaguchi M.
6-37-5
Kaji H.
Abe H.
6-36-1
Yamazaki I.
Nishimoto S.
2-66-06-2
Liu C.
Bai Z.
0-67-56-4
Serban R.
Yamalapalli S.
4-66-16-3
Kinoshita H.
Ku Y.
6-37-5
Von Deichmann K.
Shimizu E.
7-613-66-4
Tian F.
Zhu L.
7-620-0
Shibahara E.
Saito S.
6-33-66-3
Ma Y.
Ma L.
6-36-4
Okamura K.
Costoulas S.
6-47-65
Park S.
Matsuda R.
2-66-36-4
Koike E.
Kuwata H.
7-57-5