Sara Saito vs Yeon Woo Ku | Yeon Woo Ku Wins 5-7 7-6 6-2

UMPIRY

W100 IncheonSemi-finalHardSat 7 Nov · 11:00Final

Sara SaitoWTA #250 · JPN

Yeon Woo Ku(2)WTA #166 · KOR

SetsGames1

76¹¹2

57¹³6

Yeon Woo Ku defeated Sara Saito in the semifinals of the W100 Incheon tournament, coming back from a set down to win 5-7, 7-6, 6-2. Ku hit one ace to Saito's zero and committed six double faults to Saito's seven. In terms of conversion rates, Ku won 60% of her first-serve points to Saito's 59%, and converted 64% of her break points to Saito's 44%.

Generated automatically from Umpiry match data.

Key context

Match story: Yeon Woo Ku dropped the opening set before beating Sara Saito 5–7 7–6 6–2.

How the match was decided

Auto-generated

Ku Y. came through in three sets, with eight breaks of serve.

Breaks of serveKu Y. 8 · Saito S. 7
1st-serve points wonKu Y. 60% · Saito S. 59%
AcesKu Y. 1 · Saito S. 0

Turning points

When the match moved

Set 23–2Break backKu Y. · Broke back
Set 24–3Break backKu Y. · Broke back
Set 30–2BreakKu Y. · Broke, stayed a break up
Set 31–4Break backSaito S. · Broke back
Set 32–6SetKu Y. · Broke to take the set

Serve flowSaito S. broken 8 times · Ku Y. broken 7 times.

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

Saito S.

8/16Ku Y.

9/16

Set 1Set 2Set 3

Match momentum

Whole matchSaito S.Ku Y.

Late momentumKu Y.56

4Last 12 points8

9Last 3 games7

7/16Break points7/11

Break of serve

Match statistics

Saito S.Ku Y.

Serve

0Aces1
7Double faults6
59%1st serve points won60%
50% · 8/16Service games held56% · 9/16

Return

44%Break points won64%
7Breaks of serve8

Common opponents

1 shared · last 12 months

Saito S. and Ku Y. faced 1 of the same opponent in the last 12 months. Saito S. went 0–1 (0%) against them, Ku Y. 1–0 (100%).

0–10%Saito S. · better vs 0Record vs common opponents1–0100%Ku Y. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

0–2Sets2–0

7–13Games12–5

Only 1 common opponent — too few for any conclusion. Shown without assessment.

vs Ibragimova A.#169L5-7 2-6Korea Open - Seoul · hardW6-3 6-2Korea Open - Seoul · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Ku Y.November 2026W100 IncheonThis matchHard7-5 6-7(11) 2-6
Saito S.March 2026W75 KofuHard6-2 6-2

Draw

Closing odds

Next up

vs Swan K.View match

Player context

Before the match

Saito S.Ku Y.1 665ELO1 7111 616Hard ELO1 6777–3Last 106–420Age23Career $323K2026 $43KEarningsCareer $297K2026 $171K

Match info

Started11:00 local

Cite this

Yeon Woo Ku beat Sara Saito 7-5 6-7(11) 2-6. Umpiry, "Sara Saito vs Yeon Woo Ku — W100 Incheon Semi-final", https://umpiry.com/match/2026-11-07/ku-vs-saito-w100-incheon-sf?utm_source=cite (as of 7 November 2026).