Sakura Hosogi and Rina Saigo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 am on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rina Saigo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rina Saigo is the pick to win this match.
Rina Saigo -> 1.87
Sakura Hosogi -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Sakura Hosogi vs. Rina Saigo
This will be the 3rd time that Sakura Hosogi and Rina Saigo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hosogi won 2-6 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the W25 Yokohama back in 2022.
Sakura Hosogi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 26-25 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 58-21 | 50-17 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 2021 | 31-12 | 27-8 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 8-7 | 7-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Sakura got to the qualifications after defeating Chihiro Muramatsu 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Sakura had a good straight sets win against Muramatsu (6-3 7-5). During the match, Hosogi scored 72 points vs Muramatsu’s 60. Sakura was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hosogi was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Sakura Hosogi lost the serve 4 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hosogi put 64% of her first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Sakura broke Muramatsu 6 times after converting 60% of her break points (6/10).
Hosogi has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of her matches (174-101). 21-18 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hosogi has a composed145-72 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W40 Monastir where she overcame Yuliya Hatouka in the final 7-6(8) 6-4.
The Japanese has a compiled 22-22 win-loss record in 2023, 21-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Sakura has never competed in this tournament before.
Rina Saigo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-23 | 27-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-15 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-3 |
| 2022 | 45-29 | 5-4 | 34-20 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 14-17 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, Saigo got to the qualifications after beating Giuliana Olmos 7-68 6-3.
In the qualifications, Rina had a good straight sets win against Olmos (7-68 6-3). During the match Saigo scored 89 points vs Olmos’s 77. Rina was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Saigo struck 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Rina Saigo lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Saigo put 74% of her first serves in, winning 58% (36/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Saigo broke Olmos 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
The Japanese has a composed 17-21 win-loss record in 2023, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hosogi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-60 | 89-77 |
| Total Points | 132 | 166 |
| Winners | 28 | 36 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Hosogi and Saigo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hosogi and Saigo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hosogi played 1 game less than Saigo. Sakura scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 36 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hosogi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/72 | 62/84 |
| %1st in | 64% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 36/62 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Hosogi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Saigo struck 2 aces . Hosogi won 61% points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Saigo won 58% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hosogi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 56% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Hosogi broke her opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 56% of the break points that she conceded. Rina broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded.
| Hosogi | |||
| Q1 Muramatsu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 72-60 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/72 | 46/72 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Saigo | |||
| Q1 Olmos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 89-77 | 89-77 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/84 | 62/84 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 36/62 | 36/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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