Xinxin Yao and Miho Kuramochi will face off in the qualifications of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Xinxin Yao who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Xinxin Yao is the pick to win this match.
Xinxin Yao -> 1.79
Miho Kuramochi -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Xinxin Yao vs. Miho Kuramochi
This will be the 2nd time that Xinxin Yao and Miho Kuramochi face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yao (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Yao won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in W15 Monastir back in 2022.
Xinxin Yao
42 - 27win/loss
280
205
WLLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42-27 | 19-12 | 5-8 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 18-29 | 9-13 | 4-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-25 | 36-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 29-17 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 79-37 | 68-31 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280, the Chinese got to the qualifications after beating Priscilla Hon 6-7(1) 7-6(6) 7-5.
In the qualifications against Hon, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 7-66 7-5).During the match, Yao scored less points (4) than Hon. In fact, the world no. 280 won 121 points vs Hon’s. That means that Yao was more focused during the important points. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Yao scored just 1 ace during the encounter and she committed only 5 double faults. Xinxin Yao lost the serve 5 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Yao put 53% of her first serves in, winning 62% (43/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (30/61) on the 2nd serve. Yao broke Hon 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).
Yao has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of her matches (220-145). 19-12 on hard in 2026. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Yao has an aggregate174-102 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W50 Wuning where she overcame Yufei Ren in the final 6-4 6-4.
Xinxin has an overall 42-27 win-loss record in 2026, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Seoul
Xinxin has never competed in this tournament before.
Miho Kuramochi
26 - 18win/loss
362
326
WLLWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-18 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2025 | 41-29 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| 2024 | 35-29 | 23-21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11-5 |
| 2023 | 56-27 | 41-20 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 11-14 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 362, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Boyoung Jeong 6-4 3-6 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, Kuramochi defeated Jeong (6-4 3-6 7-64). During the match Kuramochi and Jeong scored the same amount of points (114). However, the world no. 280 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Miho was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Kuramochi wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was not very consistent on her 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Miho Kuramochi lost the serve 5 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Kuramochi put 71% of her first serves in, winning 65% (57/88) of the points behind her 1st serve and 36% (13/36) on the 2nd serve. Kuramochi broke Jeong 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).
Miho has an aggregate 26-18 win-loss record in 2026, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Yao | Kuramochi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 32 |
| Pts | 121-125 | 114-114 |
| Total Points | 246 | 228 |
| Winners | 43 | 57 |
| %Winners | 36% | 50% |
Both Yao and Kuramochi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Xinxin Yao conceded 1 set, while Miho Kuramochi lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Yao and Kuramochi have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Yao played 6 games more than Kuramochi. Xinxin scored 43 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 57 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Yao | Kuramochi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 69/130 | 88/124 |
| %1st in | 53% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 43/69 | 57/88 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 30/61 | 13/36 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 36% |
Yao fired 1 ace . Kuramochi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Yao won 62% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kuramochi won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Yao | Kuramochi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 13 | 20 |
| Saved | 8 | 15 |
| % Saved | 62% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Yao broke her opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Xinxin dropped her serve 5 times and she saved 62% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Miho conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Yao | |||
| Q1 Hon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 121-125 | 121-125 | |
| Total points | 246 | 246 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/130 | 69/130 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 43/69 | 43/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/61 | 30/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Kuramochi | |||
| Q1 Jeong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 114-114 | 114-114 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 14 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 88/124 | 88/124 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 57/88 | 57/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/36 | 13/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 15/20 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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