Chihiro Muramatsu and Rina Saigo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm 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 Rina Saigo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rina Saigo is the pick to win this match.
Rina Saigo -> 1.727
Chihiro Muramatsu -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Chihiro Muramatsu vs. Rina Saigo
There is no head to head record between Chihiro Muramatsu and Rina Saigo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Chihiro Muramatsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-22 | 27-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-19 | 13-12 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-24 | 17-14 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 8-24 | 7-15 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 10-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 360, the Japanese got to the qualifications after beating Katarzyna Kawa 2-6 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kawa, Muramatsu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Muramatsu scored 104 points vs Kawa’s 101. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muramatsu scored just 1 ace in the match and she committed only 2 double faults. Chihiro Muramatsu lost the serve 7 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Muramatsu put 81% of her first serves in, winning 54% (45/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Kawa 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).
Muramatsu has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of her matches (208-168). 15-10 on hard in 2022. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Muramatsu has an overall157-106 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Chihiro’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the W25 Canberra.
The Japanese has an aggregate 17-16 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Rina Saigo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-32 | 47-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2023 | 24-27 | 14-15 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-3 |
| 2022 | 45-29 | 5-4 | 34-20 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 14-17 | 14-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 629, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Sophie Chang 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, Rina had a good straight sets win against Chang (6-4 6-0). During the match Saigo scored 60 points vs Chang’s 41. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Saigo couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rina Saigo lost the serve once and she saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Saigo put 86% of her first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 71% (5/7) on the 2nd serve. Saigo broke Chang 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Saigo has an aggregate 37-22 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muramatsu | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 |
| Pts | 104-101 | 60-41 |
| Total Points | 205 | 101 |
| Winners | 45 | 27 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Muramatsu and Saigo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Chihiro Muramatsu lost 1 set while Rina Saigo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Muramatsu has played 1 set more than Saigo (3 vs 2). Therefore, Muramatsu played 14 games more than Saigo. The Japanese scored 45 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Rina fired 27 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muramatsu | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 83/103 | 43/50 |
| %1st in | 81% | 86% |
| 1st pts | 45/83 | 27/43 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 5/7 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 71% |
Muramatsu bagged 1 ace . Saigo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Muramatsu won 54% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Saigo won 63% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muramatsu | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 58% | 71% |
| Conceded | 15 | 2 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 53% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
The Japanese broke her opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Chihiro conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded. Rina broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Rina conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Muramatsu | |||
| Q1 Kawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 104-101 | 104-101 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 83/103 | 83/103 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 45/83 | 45/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 8/15 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 53% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Saigo | |||
| Q1 Chang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 60-41 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/50 | 43/50 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 86% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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