Hina Inoue vs Haruka Kaji — W35 Osaka Semi-final

W35 Osaka · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
USA
Hina Inoue
#279WTA
1355ELO
1335Hard ELO
23 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 April 2026
hard
JPN
Haruka Kaji
#270WTA
1421ELO
1412Hard ELO
31 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLWLW
Inoue H.
6-3 6-3
Kaji H.
Inoue H.
662
Kaji H.
33–

Hina Inoue defeated Haruka Kaji 6-3 6-3 in the W35 Osaka semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Haruka Kaji came in ranked #270, defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Inoue H.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Kaji H.

Kaji H.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Inoue 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
Inoue H.Kaji H.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
51%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
51%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.7
1.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (20 vs 26). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Inoue H.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Kaji H.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.4No prior meetings
H2H
4.6
5.0
Surface form
6.5
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
Context
5.0
Defending pts
7.0

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
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Okamura K.
Inoue H.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Okamura K.
Ito A.
4-66-37-5
Inoue H.
Kaji H.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Ito A.
Micic E.
6-746-46-2
Inoue H.
Matsuda M.
7-636-2
Okamura K.
Koike E.
6-46-4
Kaji H.
Kawaguchi N.
7-636-3
R16
Kaji H.
Sato H.
6-766-36-3
Kawaguchi N.
Kitahara Y.
6-26-3
Koike E.
Da Silva Fick G.
3-66-46-0
Matsuda M.
Kinoshita H.
6-46-2
Ito A.
Shimizu A.
3-66-36-4
Okamura K.
Ishii S.
6-46-3
Micic E.
Saigo R.
6-06-746-1
Inoue H.
Naito Y.
6-42-67-65
R32
Okamura K.
Daniel J.
5-77-57-5
Shimizu A.
Chang H.
1-66-36-3
Kitahara Y.
Tsujioka S.
6-36-2
Inoue H.
Hayasaka K.
3-67-646-4
Da Silva Fick G.
Yamaguchi M.
6-36-3
Saigo R.
Chiba H.
6-26-0
Naito Y.
Kuramochi M.
4-67-56-2
Ishii S.
Zhao C.
6-37-5
Sato H.
Lee Y.
6-06-1
Koike E.
Yoshioka K.
2-66-46-3
Matsuda M.
Sato H.
6-36-1
Kinoshita H.
Deng T.
6-26-3
Ito A.
Kobayashi H.
6-16-0
Kaji H.
Yoshimoto N.
3-66-36-3
Micic E.
Yamazaki I.
6-42-66-1
Kawaguchi N.
Tian F.
3-66-03-5