Sara Saito and Sayaka Ishii will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Center Center CourtCourt. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sara Saito who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sara Saito is the pick to win this match.
Sara Saito -> 1.43
Sayaka Ishii -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Sara Saito vs. Sayaka Ishii

There is no head to head record between Sara Saito and Sayaka Ishii since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Sara Saito

Ranked no. 158, the Japanese reached the 1^st round after beating Eri Hozumi 6-3 6-3.

Saito has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 66% of her matches (74-38). 24-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Saito has a compiled38-26 record in the last 3 years on hard.

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

Saito has a compiled 37-18 win-loss record in 2024, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Sayaka Ishii

Ranked no. 279, Sayaka got to the 1^st round after beating Sae Noguchi 6-2 6-2 and Clara Tauson 1-6 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications against Tauson, Ishii recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 7-5).During the match Ishii scored less points (8) than Tauson. In fact, the world no. 158 won 99 points vs Tauson’s. That means that Ishii was more focused during the important points. Ishii was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Ishii scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Sayaka Ishii lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ishii put 61% of her first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the 2nd serve. Ishii broke Tauson 3 times after converting 43% of her break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ishii started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W35 Osaka where she defeated Stacey Fung in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3.

Sayaka has a compiled 44-23 win-loss record in 2024, 40-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See her history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Saito	Ishii
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	18	47
Pts	64-47	160-142
Total Points	111	302
Winners	23	59
%Winners	36%	37%

Saito played 1 match while Ishii competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Sayaka Ishii surrendered 1 set while Sara Saito hasn’t conceded a set so far. Saito has played 3 set(s) less than Ishii (2 vs 5). Therefore, Saito played 29 games less than Ishii. Sara scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sayaka recorded 59 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Saito	Ishii
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	2	1.5
1st in	29/49	89/148
%1st in	59%	60%
1st pts	23/29	59/89
%1st pts	79%	66%
2nd pts	12/20	33/59
%2nd pts	60%	56%

Saito managed to score 2 aces . Ishii blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Saito won 79% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ishii won 66% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Saito	Ishii
Won	4	9
Converted	4/8	9/16
% Converted	50%	56%
Conceded	3	18
Saved	2	13
% Saved	67%	72%
Times Broken	1	5

Sara broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese lost her serve once and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded. Sayaka broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ishii conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 72% of the break points that she conceded.

Saito
	Q1 Hozumi	Q3 Sonmez	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	17	35
pts	64-47	–	64-47
Total points	111	0	111
Winners	23		23
%Winners	36%	0%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	2		2
1st in	29/49	/	29/49
% 1st in	59%	0%	59%
1st pts	23/29	/	23/29
% 1st pts	79%	0%	79%
2nd pts	12/20	/	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	0%	60%
Breaks
Won	4		4
Converted	4/8	/	4/8
Converted %	50%	0%	50%
Conceded	3		3
Saved	2/3	0/	2
Saved %	67%	–	34%
Times Broken	1		1

Ishii
	Q1 Noguchi	Q3 Tauson	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	1-6 7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	31	47
pts	61-35	99-107	160-142
Total points	96	206	302
Winners	19	40	59
%Winners	31%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	5	5	10
1st in	30/51	59/97	89/148
% 1st in	59%	61%	60%
1st pts	19/30	40/59	59/89
% 1st pts	63%	68%	66%
2nd pts	13/21	20/38	33/59
% 2nd pts	62%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	3	9
Converted	6/9	3/7	9/16
Converted %	67%	43%	56%
Conceded	10	8	18
Saved	8/10	5/8	13
Saved %	80%	63%	72%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Zeynep SonmezSonmez – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (5-7 6-2 5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Mai HontamaHontama (6-1 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sofia Kenin/Bethanie Mattek-SandsKenin/Bethanie Mattek-Sands – Xinyu Wang/Saisai ZhengWang/Saisai Zheng (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fernando YamacitaYamacita – Javier NaserNaser (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara – Kevin KaczynskiKaczynski (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelle SelsSels – Flemming PetersPeters (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stephan GerritsenGerritsen – Tillmann ErdboriesErdbories (5-7 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZhurbinZhurbin – Tim Van Der HorstVan Der Horst (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen – Valentin GuentherGuenther (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriel DecampsDecamps – Daniil ZarichanskyyZarichanskyy (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sidane PontjodikromoPontjodikromo – Christian HirschmuellerHirschmueller (6-0 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Daniel De JongeDe Jonge (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denys KlokKlok – Stephan FransenFransen (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ryan NijboerNijboer – Guy Den HeijerDen Heijer (7-5 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Orlando LuzLuz – Niels LootsmaLootsma (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuBianca – Mei YamaguchiMei (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Sofia KeninKenin (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Nao HibinoHibino – Clara TausonTauson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Mccartney KesslerKessler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Priscilla HonHon (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Kyoka OkamuraOkamura – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (1-1) – H2H and prediction