Elina Avanesyan and Sara Saito will face off in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Elina Avanesyan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elina Avanesyan is the pick to win this match.
Elina Avanesyan -> 1.28
Sara Saito -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Elina Avanesyan vs. Sara Saito
There is no head to head record between Elina Avanesyan and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elina Avanesyan
29 - 22win/loss
43
43
LLWLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 12-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-24 | 7-12 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-26 | 11-7 | 25-17 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 0-0 | 48-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-8 | 4-2 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48, the Armenian got to the 2nd round after beating Ashlyn Krueger 7-6(1) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Armenian had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-61 6-3). During the match, Avanesyan scored 78 points vs Krueger’s 62. Avanesyan was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Avanesyan scored 3 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 76% of her first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind her 1st serve and 28% (5/18) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Krueger 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Avanesyan has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of her matches (181-111). 12-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Avanesyan has an aggregate35-34 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Elina’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Iasi.
Avanesyan has an aggregate 29-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
The Armenian has never competed in this tournament before.
Sara Saito
35 - 16win/loss
150
150
LWLLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-23 | 26-17 | 13-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 13-10 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 13-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 179, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Saito had a good straight sets win against Bouzas Maneiro (6-3 6-2). During the match Saito scored 58 points vs Bouzas Maneiro’s 49. Sara was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Saito scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sara Saito was very efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of her 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Bouzas Maneiro 3 times after converting 75% of her break points (3/4).
Her best result of the year was winning the title the W100 Biarritz where she defeated Margaux Rouvroy in the final 5-7 6-3 6-3.
Saito has an overall 35-16 win-loss record in 2024, 22-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Avanesyan | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 78-62 | 58-49 |
| Total Points | 140 | 107 |
| Winners | 38 | 30 |
| %Winners | 49% | 52% |
Both Avanesyan and Saito played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Avanesyan and Saito have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Avanesyan played 5 games more than Saito. Elina scored 38 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Saito bagged 30 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Avanesyan | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 57/75 | 42/64 |
| %1st in | 76% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 30/42 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 5/18 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 28% | 55% |
Avanesyan bagged 3 aces . Saito managed to score 1 ace . Avanesyan won 67% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 28% of the points. On the other side, Saito won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Avanesyan | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 83% | 75% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Elina broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Armenian dropped her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Saito broke her opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Saito was rock solid on her serve as she has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Avanesyan | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 57/75 | 57/75 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 28% | 28% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Saito | |||
| R1 Bouzas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-49 | 58-49 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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