Taylah Preston and Emerson Jones will face off in the qualifications of the Japan Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:30 pm on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.78
Emerson Jones -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Taylah Preston vs. Emerson Jones
This will be the 3rd time that Taylah Preston and Emerson Jones face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Jones (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Jones won 7-5 4-6 7-6(1) in the quarter in the W100 Gifu back in May 2026.
Taylah Preston
40 - 26win/loss
86
86
WLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-26 | 34-17 | 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. 86 (career-high), Taylah reached the qualifications after beating Haruka Kaji 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Kaji, Preston had a free pass after Kaji retired on a 3-1 . scoreline.
Preston has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of her matches (170-102). 34-17 on hard in 2026. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Preston has a compiled153-68 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W100 Tokyo where she defeated 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.
Taylah has an aggregate 40-26 win-loss record in 2026, 34-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Taylah has never competed in this tournament before.
Emerson Jones
26 - 21win/loss
122
122
WLWLWWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-21 | 25-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-15 | 30-13 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2024 | 18-10 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-9 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122 (career-high), Emerson reached the qualifications after defeating Heather Watson 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Jones had a good straight sets win against Watson (6-3 6-3). During the match Jones scored 61 points vs Watson’s 43. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Jones blasted 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Emerson Jones was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (25/35) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Jones broke Watson 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she overcame Lin Zhu in the final 6-4 7-5.
Emerson has a composed 26-21 win-loss record in 2026, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Preston | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 4 | 18 |
| Pts | 25-20 | 61-43 |
| Total Points | 45 | 104 |
| Winners | 8 | 25 |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% |
Both Preston and Jones 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, Preston and Jones have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Preston played 14 games less than Jones. Taylah scored 8 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 25 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Preston | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 11/24 | 35/54 |
| %1st in | 46% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 8/11 | 25/35 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 63% |
Preston didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Jones recorded 2 aces . Preston won 73% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Jones won 71% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Preston | Jones |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Taylah broke her opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Taylah had a solid display on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Australian broke her opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Emerson conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.
| Preston | |||
| Q1 Kaji |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 4 | 4 | |
| pts | 25-20 | 25-20 | |
| Total points | 45 | 45 | |
| Winners | 8 | 8 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Jones | |||
| Q1 Watson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 25/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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