Despina Papamichail and Himeno Sakatsume will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Centre Court. 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 Himeno Sakatsume who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Himeno Sakatsume is the pick to win this match.
Himeno Sakatsume -> 1.75
Despina Papamichail -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Despina Papamichail vs. Himeno Sakatsume
There is no head to head record between Despina Papamichail and Himeno Sakatsume since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Despina Papamichail
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-31 | 7-12 | 19-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-37 | 21-17 | 6-18 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-36 | 12-13 | 18-20 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-30 | 10-9 | 29-20 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Despina got to the qualifications after beating Erika Sema 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Greek defeated Sema (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match, Papamichail scored 95 points vs Sema’s 92. Despina was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Papamichail struck 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Despina Papamichail lost the serve 8 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Papamichail put 59% of her first serves in, winning 45% (25/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Despina broke Sema 9 times after converting 47% of her break points (9/19).
Papamichail has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of her matches (374-264). 4-9 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Papamichail has a composed130-85 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Greek’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the W60 Brescia.
The Greek has an overall 22-28 win-loss record in 2022, 4-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Papamichail has never competed in this tournament before.
Himeno Sakatsume
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 30-14 | 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 |
| 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. 357, Sakatsume got to the qualifications after beating Rinko Matsuda 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Matsuda (6-4 6-2). During the match Sakatsume scored 60 points vs Matsuda’s 48. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakatsume scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Himeno Sakatsume lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Sakatsume put 55% of her first serves in, winning 61% (17/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Sakatsume broke Matsuda 5 times after converting 38% of her break points (5/13).
Sakatsume’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the W100 Charleston.
The Japanese has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2022, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Papamichail | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 95-92 | 60-48 |
| Total Points | 187 | 108 |
| Winners | 25 | 17 |
| %Winners | 26% | 28% |
Both Papamichail and Sakatsume played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Despina Papamichail conceded 1 set while Himeno Sakatsume hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Papamichail has played 1 set more than Sakatsume (3 vs 2). Therefore, Papamichail played 12 games more than Sakatsume. The Greek scored 25 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Sakatsume struck 17 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Papamichail | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 28/51 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 25/56 | 17/28 |
| %1st pts | 45% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 61% |
Papamichail managed to score 2 aces . Sakatsume recorded 1 ace . Papamichail won 45% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sakatsume won 61% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Papamichail | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 38% |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 38% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
The Greek broke her opponent 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Greek lost her serve 8 times and she saved 38% of the break points that she conceded. Himeno broke her opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve twice and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded.
| Papamichail | |||
| Q1 Sema |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 95-92 | 95-92 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 56/95 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/56 | 25/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 45% | 45% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/13 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
| Sakatsume | |||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-48 | 60-48 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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