Taylah Preston vs Himeno Sakatsume | Taylah Preston Wins 6-2 3-6 6-2

UMPIRY

Korea Open - SeoulR32HardTue 22 Sept · 12:00Final

Taylah PrestonWTA #86 · AUS

Himeno SakatsumeWTA #115 · JPN

SetsGames2

636

262

Taylah Preston defeated Himeno Sakatsume in the Round of 32 at the Korea Open in Seoul. The match ended with a score of 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in favor of Preston. Preston converted 45% of her break points and won 5 service breaks to Sakatsume's 2, while also committing 7 double faults to Sakatsume's 3.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

Match story: Taylah Preston closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–2.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Preston T. came through in three sets, with five breaks of serve.

Breaks of servePreston T. 5 · Sakatsume H. 2
1st-serve points wonPreston T. 72% · Sakatsume H. 62%
AcesPreston T. 2 · Sakatsume H. 3

Turning points

When the match moved

Set 11–0BreakPreston T. · Broke, never broken back
Set 22–2Break backSakatsume H. · Broke back
Set 22–4BreakSakatsume H. · Broke, never broken back
Set 34–2BreakPreston T. · Broke, never broken back
Set 36–2SetPreston T. · Broke to take the set

Serve flowPreston T. broken twice · Sakatsume H. broken 5 times.

Hold to love/15
Hold to 30
Hold to 40 / deuce
Broken
Result unknown

Preston T.

10/12Sakatsume H.

8/13

Set 1Set 2Set 3

Match momentum

Whole matchPreston T.Sakatsume H.

Late momentumPreston T.10

7Last 12 points5

12Last 3 games6

4/10Break points2/7

Break of serve

Match statistics

Preston T.Sakatsume H.

Serve

2Aces3
7Double faults3
72%1st serve points won62%
83% · 10/12Service games held62% · 8/13

Return

45%Break points won29%
5Breaks of serve2

Serve & return performance

Key performance gaps

Double faultsSakatsume H. served 3 double faults, Preston T. 7. Largest performance gap of the match.+4Preston T.7Sakatsume H.3

First-serve pointsPreston T. won 72% of points behind the first serve, Sakatsume H. 62%.+10 ptsPreston T.1st-serve pts won72%Sakatsume H.1st-serve pts won62%

Common opponents

4 shared · last 12 months

Preston T. and Sakatsume H. faced 4 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Preston T. went 2–2 (50%) against them, Sakatsume H. 3–1 (75%). Results against comparable opponents are close (1 : 2 better-results split).

2–250%Preston T. · better vs 1Record vs common opponents3–175%Sakatsume H. · better vs 2

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

5–4Sets6–3

44–43Games48–38

1–0Tiebreaks0–0

0–1Deciding sets1–0

Only 4 common opponents — small sample, treat as indicative.

vs Parks A.#64W6-3 6-3US Open · hardW6-4 6-3Indian Wells · hard
vs Bouzas Maneiro J.#99W6-4 7-6Hobart · hardL5-7 2-6Nottingham · grass
vs Grant T.#151L1-6 6-2 4-6Wimbledon · grassW5-7 6-2 6-3US Open · hard

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vs Hontama M.#164L5-7 3-6Roland Garros · clayW6-4 6-2Australian Open · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Preston T.September 2026Korea Open - SeoulThis matchHard6-2 3-6 6-2
Sakatsume H.October 2024W75 Playford 1Hard6-1 7-6(4)

Draw

Closing odds

Next up

vs Ostapenko J.View match

Player context

Before the match

Preston T.Sakatsume H.1 768ELO1 7561 725Hard ELO1 6935–5Last 107–320Age25RightPlaysRightCareer $898K2026 $335KEarningsCareer $587K2026 $267K

Match info

Started12:00 local

Cite this

Taylah Preston beat Himeno Sakatsume 6-2 3-6 6-2. Umpiry, "Taylah Preston vs Himeno Sakatsume — Korea Open - Seoul Round of 32", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-09-22/preston-vs-sakatsume-korea-open-seoul-r32?utm_source=cite (as of 22 September 2026).