Mai Hontama is 3 wins away to conquer the title in Osaka. Mai has defeated Su Jeong Jang 7-5 0-6 6-2 and Nadia Podoroska 6-3 6-3 to reach the quarter where she will face Arianne Hartono.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Mai Hontama’s projected draw alongsideherlikely opponents in Japan Open Tennis Championships. Mai has a losing record (0-1) against the presumable opponents.

R1 – Su Jeong Jang (155) – 7-5 0-6 6-2
R2 – Nadia Podoroska (71) – 6-3 6-3
1/4 – Arianne Hartono (191) – H2H 0-1
1/2 – Anna Kalinskaya (92) – H2H 0-0
or Ashlyn Krueger (123) – H2H 0-0
Fin – Lin Zhu (35) – H2H 0-0
or Xinyu Wang (39) – H2H 0-0
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Draw

1/4 – Arianne Hartono’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Arianne Hartono

53 - 36win/loss in 2024

Rank
152
High
135
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 53-36 49-29 0-1 2-4 2-2 0-0
2022 24-27 8-13 7-8 7-3 2-3 0-0
2021 48-28 12-5 23-15 13-7 0-0 0-1
2020 15-10 8-5 0-0 7-5 0-0 0-0
2019 29-20 18-12 1-2 10-5 0-1 0-0
2018 25-10 14-4 10-4 1-2 0-0 0-0
2017 9-6 3-2 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2016 7-5 3-3 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Arianne Hartono has a 46-28 win-loss record in 2023, 42-22 on hard. Regarding the previous 8 years, the Dutch has a 108-66 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Arianne won 8 of her last 10 matches.

Hartono’s most significant result of the current year was getting to the final the W25 Nottingham and the W25 Setubal.

H2H Mai Hontama vs. Arianne Hartono

This would be the 2nd time that Mai Hontama and Arianne Hartono square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hartono (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

1/2 – Anna Kalinskaya’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

28 - 18win/loss in 2024

Rank
76
High
17
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 28-18 16-15 7-3 5-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-20 22-10 2-6 1-1 2-3 0-0
2021 30-23 19-12 3-7 5-2 3-2 0-0
2020 9-8 8-6 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 40-20 19-6 8-5 4-4 9-5 0-0
2018 28-23 14-7 7-6 4-7 3-3 0-0
2017 35-26 11-7 9-9 2-4 2-3 11-3
2016 44-12 4-1 35-7 5-4 0-0 0-0

Anna Kalinskaya has a 18-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-10 on hard. In the previous 10 years, Anna has a 124-62 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Anna won 7 of her last 10 matches.

H2H Mai Hontama vs. Anna Kalinskaya

There is no head to head record between Mai Hontama and Anna Kalinskaya since this would be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nonetheless, Mai Hontama may play Ashlyn Krueger. Their H2H is 0-0.

Final – Lin Zhu’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

28 - 24win/loss in 2024

Rank
37
High
31
LLWLLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 28-24 23-17 0-2 1-2 4-3 0-0
2022 41-26 34-15 6-6 1-2 0-3 0-0
2021 13-14 8-10 0-1 4-0 1-3 0-0
2020 5-6 5-6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2019 56-27 53-20 1-3 0-0 2-4 0-0
2018 32-24 30-20 0-1 0-1 0-1 2-1
2017 37-23 30-17 0-1 5-2 2-2 0-1
2016 35-31 32-25 0-2 0-0 3-4 0-0

Lin Zhu has a 25-18 win-loss record in 2023, 21-13 on hard. In connection to the previous 13 years, Zhu has a 327-196 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). The Chinese won 7 of her last 10 matches.

Her most significant achievement of the season was conquering the competition in Hua Hin where she defeated Lesya Tsurenko in the final 6-4 6-4.

H2H Mai Hontama vs. Lin Zhu

There is no head to head record between Mai Hontama and Lin Zhu since this would be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yet, Mai Hontama could square off with Xinyu Wang. Their head to head is 0-0.