Sara Saito vs Ayano Shimizu — W75 Kurume Round of 16

W75 Kurume · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
JPN
Sara Saito
#279WTA
1393ELO
19 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2026
carpet
JPN
Ayano Shimizu
#476WTA
1347ELO
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLLWWW
Saito S.
6-4 6-4
Shimizu A.
Saito S.
662
Shimizu A.
44–

Sara Saito defeated Ayano Shimizu 6-4 6-4 in the W75 Kurume round of 16 on carpet.

Key context

  • Match story: Sara Saito 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
Saito S.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Shimizu A.

Shimizu A.serving48% hold

wins 49% 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.Shimizu A.
1st serve in·Even
69%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
60%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
36%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
50%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
48%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
44%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
7.2
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (25 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Swan K.
Okamura K.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Swan K.
Yamaguchi M.
6-16-1
Okamura K.
Kobori M.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Okamura K.
Mushika M.
6-36-3
Yamaguchi M.
Cabrera L.
6-36-3
Kobori M.
Kawaguchi N.
3-66-37-5
Swan K.
Saito S.
6-46-4
R16
Kawaguchi N.
Shimizu E.
6-06-3
Yamaguchi M.
Kaji H.
6-46-1
Kobori M.
Hanatani N.
6-06-3
Cabrera L.
Yoshioka K.
6-36-746-4
Swan K.
Hewitt D.
6-36-746-3
Saito S.
Shimizu A.
6-46-4
Mushika M.
Miyazaki Y.
0-66-36-1
Okamura K.
Miyahara M.
6-06-2
R32
Okamura K.
Da Silva Fick G.
6-26-4
Yoshioka K.
Matsuda R.
3-66-36-3
Miyazaki Y.
Nagata A.
6-06-1
Cabrera L.
Dunne K.
6-45-76-2
Hanatani N.
Yamataka M.
6-36-2
Yamaguchi M.
Zheng W.
3-66-27-5
Miyahara M.
Ishii S.
7-666-1
Hewitt D.
Ohashi R.
6-36-1
Saito S.
Arakawa N.
6-26-3
Mushika M.
Namigata J.
6-16-0
Shimizu A.
Ryser V.
6-34-66-0
Kaji H.
Appleton E.
6-16-2
Kawaguchi N.
Saigo R.
7-656-4
Swan K.
Miyahara C.
6-06-0
Shimizu E.
Ohwaki Y.
6-26-3
Kobori M.
Serban R.
6-34-66-1