Taylah Preston and Himeno Sakatsume will play each other in the 1st round of the Korea Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylah Preston who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylah Preston is the pick to win this match.
Taylah Preston -> 1.81
Himeno Sakatsume -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Taylah Preston vs. Himeno Sakatsume
This will be the 2nd time that Taylah Preston and Himeno Sakatsume face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakatsume (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sakatsume won 6-1 7-6(4) in the semifinal in the W75 Playford back in 2024.
Taylah Preston
35 - 23win/loss
94
92
LWLLWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-23 | 29-14 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-25 | 43-15 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 24-18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-13 | 48-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92 (career-high), Taylah will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Townsend in the 2nd round on the 2nd of September.
The Australian has an aggregate 35-23 win-loss record in 2026, 29-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was conquering the title the W100 Tokyo where she beat Lanlana Tararudee in the final 6-1 4-6 6-4 and the Vancouver where she beat Maddison Inglis in the final 7-6(5) 6-3.
Talking about her overall career, Preston has an overall 165-99 record. She has a positive 148-65 record on hard.
Previously in Seoul
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Himeno Sakatsume
29 - 24win/loss
119
115
LWWWWLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-24 | 21-16 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 47-24 | 35-18 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| 2024 | 40-28 | 32-15 | 2-7 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 10-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 21-18 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115 (career-high), Sakatsume will start her run in Seoul after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 7-6(6) 6-7(0) 7-6(6) to Bucsa in the 2nd round on the 3rd of September.
The Japanese has a compiled 29-24 win-loss record in 2026, 21-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Sakatsume has an overall 265-172 record. She has a positive 189-117 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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