Zeynep Sonmez and Sara Saito will square off in the qualifications of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on Show Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sara Saito who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sara Saito is the pick to win this match.
Sara Saito -> 1.84
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Sara Saito

There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Sara Saito since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

34 - 24win/loss

Hard
12-8
I Hard
4-3
Clay
12-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
88
High
88
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-25 19-9 12-10 4-3 6-3 0-0
2023 54-28 4-4 23-10 17-8 6-4 4-2
2022 38-21 22-8 14-10 2-3 0-0 0-0
2021 21-19 2-3 14-12 5-4 0-0 0-0
2020 17-9 0-0 17-8 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 152, the Turk got to the qualifications after beating Kanon Yamaguchi 3-6 6-0 6-3.

In the qualifications against Yamaguchi, Zeynep recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 6-3). During the match, Sonmez scored 91 points vs Yamaguchi’s 71. Zeynep was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sonmez scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 4 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 65% of her first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Sonmez broke Yamaguchi 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

Sonmez has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (201-129). 12-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this event, Sonmez has an aggregate62-36 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Sonmez has a composed 34-24 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Sonmez has never competed in this tournament before.

Tokyo
Sonmez's Record

Sara Saito

Sara Saito

37 - 17win/loss

Hard
24-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
13-4
Rank
150
High
150
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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
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Ranked no. 179, Sara got to the qualifications after defeating Eri Hozumi 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Saito had a good straight sets win against Hozumi (6-3 6-3). During the match Saito scored 64 points vs Hozumi’s 47. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Saito managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sara Saito was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Sara broke Hozumi 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W100 Biarritz where she defeated Margaux Rouvroy in the final 5-7 6-3 6-3.

Saito has a composed 37-17 win-loss record in 2024, 24-13 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Tokyo

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See her history.

Tokyo
Saito's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Sonmez
S.Saito
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
1h:17
1h:17
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
1
1
Match played
1
1
24
24
Games Played​
18
18
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
91
91
Total points​
64
64
91
91
Avg point​
64
64
32
32
Winners
23
23
32
32
Avg Winners​
23
23
35%
35%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
32/52
32/52
1st won total​
23/29
23/29
62%
62%
1st won %
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79%
79%
14/28
14/28
2nd won total​
12/20
12/20
50%
50%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
BP won
4/8
4/8
7/15
7/15
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
47%
47%
Won
50%
50%
10
10
Conceded
3
3
10
10
Avg Conceded
3
3
4
4
Broken
1
1
4
4
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sonmez Saito
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 24 18
Pts 91-71 64-47
Total Points 162 111
Winners 32 23
%Winners 35% 36%

Both Sonmez and Saito played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Zeynep Sonmez lost 1 set while Sara Saito hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sonmez has played 1 set more than Saito (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sonmez played 6 games more than Saito. The Turk scored 32 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 23 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sonmez Saito
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 52/80 29/49
%1st in 65% 59%
1st pts 32/52 23/29
%1st pts 62% 79%
2nd pts 14/28 12/20
%2nd pts 50% 60%

Sonmez struck 1 ace . Saito also blasted 2 aces . Sonmez won 62% points behind her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Saito won 79% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sonmez Saito
Won 7 4
Converted 7/15 4/8
% Converted 47% 50%
Conceded 10 3
Saved 6 2
% Saved 60% 67%
Times Broken 4 1

Sonmez broke her opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sonmez conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Sara broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Saito conceded her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.

Sonmez
Q1
Yamaguchi		 Total
Score 3-6 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 24 24
pts 91-71 91-71
Total points 162 162
Winners 32 32
%Winners 35% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 52/80 52/80
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 32/52 32/52
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 14/28 14/28
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/15 7/15
Converted % 47% 47%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4
Saito
Q1
Hozumi		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 64-47 64-47
Total points 111 111
Winners 23 23
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 29/49 29/49
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 23/29 23/29
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 12/20 12/20
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

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