Zeynep Sonmez and Sayaka Ishii will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on SHOW COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zeynep Sonmez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zeynep Sonmez is the pick to win this match.
Zeynep Sonmez -> 1.62
Sayaka Ishii -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Zeynep Sonmez vs. Sayaka Ishii

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

Zeynep Sonmez

Zeynep Sonmez

36 - 24win/loss

Hard
14-8
I Hard
4-3
Clay
12-10
Grass
6-3
Rank
90
High
90
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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. 148, Zeynep reached the 2nd round after beating Kanon Yamaguchi 3-6 6-0 6-3, Sara Saito 6-2 6-3 and Magdalena Frech 1-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round against Frech, Sonmez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3).During the match, Sonmez scored less points (6) than Frech. In fact, the world no. 148 won 83 points vs Frech’s. That means that Sonmez was more focused during the important points. Sonmez was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sonmez scored just 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Zeynep Sonmez lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sonmez put 61% of her first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Zeynep broke Frech 3 times after converting 38% of her break points (3/8).

Sonmez has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (203-129). 14-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Sonmez has a compiled64-36 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Zeynep has a compiled 36-24 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

Zeynep has never competed in this tournament before.

Tokyo
Sonmez's Record

Sayaka Ishii

Sayaka Ishii

45 - 23win/loss

Hard
41-21
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-2
Rank
200
High
200
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 46-23 42-21 4-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 31-20 20-11 10-7 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 13-8 5-3 5-2 3-1 0-1 0-1
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Ranked no. 279, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Sae Noguchi 6-2 6-2, Clara Tauson 1-6 7-5 7-5 and Sara Saito 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round, Ishii had a good straight sets win against Saito (6-1 6-1). During the match Ishii scored 75 points vs Saito’s 52. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Ishii scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Sayaka Ishii conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Ishii put 63% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Saito 5 times after converting 36% of her break points (5/14).

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

Sayaka has a composed 45-23 win-loss record in 2024, 41-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Tokyo

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

Tokyo
Ishii's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Z.Sonmez
S.Ishii
4h:53
4h:53
Time on court​
5h:00
5h:00
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
1h:26
1h:26
3
3
Match played
3
3
67
67
Games Played​
61
61
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
243
243
Total points​
235
235
81
81
Avg point​
78.3
78.3
98
98
Winners
86
86
32.7
32.7
Avg Winners​
28.7
28.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
0.7
0.7
Avg Aces
1.3
1.3
7
7
Double Faults
14
14
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
4.7
4.7
98/145
98/145
1st won total​
86/129
86/129
68%
68%
1st won %
67%
67%
46/93
46/93
2nd won total​
46/82
46/82
49%
49%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
14/29
14/29
BP won
14/30
14/30
4.7/9.7
4.7/9.7
Avg BP won
4.7/10
4.7/10
48%
48%
Won
47%
47%
26
26
Conceded
25
25
8.7
8.7
Avg Conceded
8.3
8.3
7
7
Broken
5
5
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
19
19
Saved
20
20
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sonmez Ishii
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 7
Tot Games 67 61
Pts 243-210 235-194
Total Points 453 429
Winners 98 86
%Winners 40% 37%

Both Sonmez and Ishii played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Zeynep Sonmez conceded 2 sets, while Sayaka Ishii surrendered 1 set. Sonmez has played 1 set more than Ishii (8 vs 7). Therefore, Sonmez played 6 games more than Ishii. The Turk scored 98 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sayaka made 86 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sonmez Ishii
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 0.7 1.3
1st in 145/238 129/211
%1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 98/145 86/129
%1st pts 68% 67%
2nd pts 46/93 46/82
%2nd pts 49% 56%

Sonmez blasted 2 aces (0.7 per match). Ishii fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Sonmez won 68% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Ishii won 67% of the points behind 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 Sonmez Ishii
Won 14 14
Converted 14/29 14/30
% Converted 48% 47%
Conceded 26 25
Saved 19 20
% Saved 73% 80%
Times Broken 7 5

Sonmez broke her opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Sonmez conceded her serve 7 times and she saved 73% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Ishii conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Sonmez
Q1
Yamaguchi		 Q3
Saito		 R1
Frech		 Total
Score 3-6 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 24 17 26 67
pts 91-71 69-50 83-89 243-210
Total points 162 119 172 453
Winners 32 26 40 98
%Winners 35% 38% 48% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1 2
Double Faults 1 3 3 7
1st in 52/80 37/66 56/92 145/238
% 1st in 65% 56% 61% 61%
1st pts 32/52 26/37 40/56 98/145
% 1st pts 62% 70% 71% 68%
2nd pts 14/28 18/29 14/36 46/93
% 2nd pts 50% 62% 39% 49%
Breaks
Won 7 4 3 14
Converted 7/15 4/6 3/8 14/29
Converted % 47% 67% 38% 48%
Conceded 10 8 8 26
Saved 6/10 8/8 5/8 19
Saved % 60% 100% 63% 74%
Times Broken 4 0 3 7
Ishii
Q1
Noguchi		 Q3
Tauson		 R1
Saito		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 1-6 7-5 7-5 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 16 31 14 61
pts 61-35 99-107 75-52 235-194
Total points 96 206 127 429
Winners 19 40 27 86
%Winners 31% 40% 36% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 1 4
Double Faults 5 5 4 14
1st in 30/51 59/97 40/63 129/211
% 1st in 59% 61% 63% 61%
1st pts 19/30 40/59 27/40 86/129
% 1st pts 63% 68% 68% 67%
2nd pts 13/21 20/38 13/23 46/82
% 2nd pts 62% 53% 57% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 3 5 14
Converted 6/9 3/7 5/14 14/30
Converted % 67% 43% 36% 47%
Conceded 10 8 7 25
Saved 8/10 5/8 7/7 20
Saved % 80% 63% 100% 81%
Times Broken 2 3 0 5

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

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