Kayla Cross and Himeno Sakatsume will square off in the qualifications of the Championnats Banque Nationale for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 am on Court 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Himeno Sakatsume who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Himeno Sakatsume is the pick to win this match.
Himeno Sakatsume -> 1.31
Kayla Cross -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Kayla Cross vs. Himeno Sakatsume
There is no head to head record between Kayla Cross and Himeno Sakatsume since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Kayla Cross
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 7-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 11-7 | 15-11 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-10 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Cross got to the qualifications after defeating Tereza Mihalikova 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Cross had a good straight sets win against Mihalikova (6-4 6-2). During the match, Cross scored 73 points vs Mihalikova’s 56. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cross was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Kayla Cross was very efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of her 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Canadian broke Mihalikova 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Cross has a negative win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 40% of her matches (6-9). 2-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cross has a compiled3-5 record in the last 2 years on hard.
The Canadian has an aggregate 5-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Granby
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Himeno Sakatsume
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-17 | 14-5 | 2-7 | 6-5 | 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 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 351 (career-high), Himeno reached the qualifications after beating Nagi Hanatani 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Hanatani (6-2 7-5). During the match Sakatsume scored 65 points vs Hanatani’s 48. Himeno was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sakatsume scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Himeno Sakatsume lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sakatsume put 65% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Himeno broke Hanatani 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the W100 Charleston.
Sakatsume has an aggregate 20-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cross | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 73-56 | 65-48 |
| Total Points | 129 | 113 |
| Winners | 23 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% |
Both Cross and Sakatsume 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, Cross and Sakatsume have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Cross played 2 games less than Sakatsume. The Canadian scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cross | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 35/54 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 63% |
Cross didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakatsume managed to score 1 ace . Cross won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakatsume won 69% 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 | Cross | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kayla broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded her serve twice and she saved 33% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Sakatsume conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Cross | |||
| Q1 Mihalikova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-56 | 73-56 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sakatsume | |||
| Q1 Hanatani |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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