Maya Joint and Kayla Day will square off in the qualifications of the Japan Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 pm on Court 2. 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 Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maya Joint is the pick to win this match.
Maya Joint -> 1.61
Kayla Day -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Maya Joint vs. Kayla Day
There is no head to head record between Maya Joint and Kayla Day since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maya Joint
17 - 25win/loss
92
28
WLLLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-25 | 15-17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 54-28 | 32-19 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-28 | 34-15 | 21-8 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 7-6 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Joint reached the qualifications after beating Kyoka Okamura 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Maya had a good straight sets win against Okamura (6-4 6-2). During the match, Joint scored 60 points vs Okamura’s 46. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Joint wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 1 double fault. Maya Joint lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 67% of her first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Okamura 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Joint has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 62% of her matches (147-92). 15-17 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Joint has a composed91-60 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Seoul.
Joint has an aggregate 17-25 win-loss record in 2026, 15-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Joint has never competed in this tournament before.
Kayla Day
46 - 19win/loss
119
84
WLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46-19 | 26-10 | 15-5 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 31-18 | 28-11 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-30 | 8-17 | 12-8 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-15 | 18-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 26-14 | 13-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, the American got to the qualifications after beating Ena Koike 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kayla had a good straight sets win against Koike (7-5 6-3). During the match Day scored 66 points vs Koike’s 59. Day was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Day blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Kayla Day lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Day put 72% of her first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Day broke Koike 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W35 Le Lamentin where she beat Jenny Lim in the final 6-4 6-2 and the W50 Orlando where she overcame Katrina Scott in the final 6-4 6-2 and the W35 Boca Raton where she beat Mary Stoiana in the final 6-3 6-1 and the W50 Berkeley where she beat Janae Preston in the final 7-5 6-4.
Day has an overall 46-19 win-loss record in 2026, 26-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Joint | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-46 | 66-59 |
| Total Points | 106 | 125 |
| Winners | 22 | 28 |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% |
Both Joint and Day played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Joint and Day have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Joint played 3 games less than Day. Joint scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Joint | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 43/60 |
| %1st in | 67% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 28/43 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Joint didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Day bagged 4 aces . Joint won 65% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Day won 65% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Joint | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 83% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Joint broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Joint surrendered her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kayla conceded her serve twice and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Joint | |||
| Q1 Okamura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-46 | 60-46 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Day | |||
| Q1 Koike |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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