LIVE RANKINGS. Sakatsume improves her position just before competing against Wang in Osaka

See the the live rankings of Himeno Sakatsume before competing against Xinyu Wang in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships

Wednesday Live Ranking Himeno Sakatsume

Himeno Sakatsume is about to play against Xinyu Wang on Thursday the 14th of September in Osaka. Here is an update about her live rankings.

Himeno Sakatsume is currently ranked no.184 with 386 points occupying the position of Japanese no.4.

On the opposite side of the net, Xinyu Wang is right now ranked no.39 with 1261 points placed as the Chinese no.3 following Lin Zhu (world no.35) and Qinwen Zheng who is world no.22.

Live Rankings

Sakatsume is 7 places up in the live rankings to be the new world no.177. Her career-best rank was no.164.

Depending on the other results, Himeno Sakatsume may gain 11 places to be the new world no.166 if she wins the following match.

Sakatsume will have 23 points to defend in the next 4 weeks. She will drop 13 points on the 25th of September (Toray Pan Pacific Open – Tokyo), 5 points on the 2nd of October (W60 Templeton) and 5 points on the 9th of October (W25 Redding).

In her live rankings, out of 426 points, Himeno has gained 309 points (73%) on Hard Court, 75 points (18%) on Indoor, 29 points (7%) on Clay and 13 points (3%) on Grass.

See Points Breakdown

Year-to-date live rankings

In terms of live year-to-date rankings, Sakatsume is still ranked no.177 as the Japanese no.5.

CAREFULL! Live rankings change regularly. Click the following buttons for the last updates.

H2H Himeno Sakatsume vs. Xinyu Wang

Sakatsume and Wang have never played against each other so far on the main tour.

Sakatsume in Osaka, ranking, and results in 2023

Himeno Sakatsume

40 - 28win/loss

Hard
32-15
I Hard
6-6
Clay
2-7
23 year old
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2024 Highlights

Ranked no.184, Sakatsume has a compiled 35-16 win-loss record in 2023. Sakatsume is now playing in Osaka where she managed to beat Natsumi Kawaguchi 6-3 6-3, Eudice Wong Chong 6-3 5-7 6-0 and Alexandra Eala 6-0 6-3.

Himeno Sakatsume will come up against the world no.39 Xin Yu Wang in the 2nd round on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Center. In the past, they have never competed against each other up to now on the main tour.

Himeno has won 1 title in 2023 Gifu. Himeno got to the final in the W25 Toronto and in the W25 Fredericton.

Sakatsume
Osaka
Sakatsume's Record
Sakatsume
Projected
Draw

Wang in Osaka, ranking, and results in 2023

Xinyu Wang

31 - 26win/loss

Hard
20-18
Clay
6-5
Grass
5-3
23 year old
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2024 Highlights

Currently ranked no.39 (career-high), Wang has managed to achieve a 32-20 win-loss record in 2023. Xin Yu is now having a run in Osaka where she overcame Jil Teichmann 7-63 6-3.

Xin Yu Wang will come up against the world no.184 Himeno Sakatsume in the 2nd round on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Center. They have never played each other till now in top competitions.

Wang has won 1 title in 2023 Landisville.

Wang
Osaka
Wang's Record
Wang
Projected
Draw