Ana Bogdan and Naho Sato will play each other in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ana Bogdan who should win in 2 sets.
Ana Bogdan -> 1.24
Naho Sato -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Ana Bogdan vs. Naho Sato
There is no head to head record between Ana Bogdan and Naho Sato since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ana Bogdan
17 - 22win/loss
113
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-24 | 11-12 | 5-9 | 4-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 5-9 | 17-7 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-17 | 4-3 | 20-8 | 11-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-19 | 7-7 | 7-6 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-8 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Bogdan got to the qualifications after defeating Aleksandra Krunic 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Krunic (6-1 6-2). During the match, Bogdan scored 61 points vs Krunic’s 40. Ana was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bogdan fired 8 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Ana Bogdan was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of her 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bogdan broke Krunic 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Bogdan has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (273-194). 8-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this event, Bogdan has an overall 90-76 record in the last years on hard.
The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Napoca.
The Romanian has a composed 17-22 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Bogdan has never competed in this tournament before.
Naho Sato
45 - 29win/loss
319
319
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-32 | 44-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-3 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 38-20 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-18 | 12-7 | 18-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Alycia Parks 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Parks, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Sato scored 94 points vs Parks’s 92. Sato was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Sato wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Naho Sato lost the serve 4 times and she saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Sato put 69% of her first serves in, winning 53% (39/74) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Parks 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Sato has an aggregate 45-29 win-loss record in 2024, 43-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Naho has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bogdan | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 94-92 |
| Total Points | 101 | 186 |
| Winners | 25 | 39 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Bogdan and Sato played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Naho Sato conceded 1 set while Ana Bogdan hasn’t lost a set so far. Bogdan has played 1 set(s) less than Sato (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bogdan played 13 games less than Sato. Bogdan scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sato blasted 39 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bogdan | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 0 |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 74/107 |
| %1st in | 70% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 39/74 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 53% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 64% |
Bogdan managed to score 8 aces . Sato didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bogdan won 76% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sato won 53% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bogdan | Sato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Ana broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Bogdan had a solid display on her serve as she has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Naho broke her opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Naho conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Bogdan | |||
| Q1 Krunic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sato | |||
| Q1 Parks | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-92 | 94-92 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 74/107 | 74/107 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/74 | 39/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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- David Agung SusantoAgung Susanto – Roy HobbsHobbs (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marco BrugnerottoBrugnerotto – Palaphoom KovapituktedKovapitukted (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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