Rei Sakamoto and Kaylan Bigun will square off in the 1st round of the Sumter Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rei Sakamoto who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rei Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.3
Kaylan Bigun -> 3.28

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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Kaylan Bigun

There is no head to head record between Rei Sakamoto and Kaylan Bigun since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Rei Sakamoto

Rei Sakamoto

23 - 16win/loss

Hard
18-11
I Hard
2-2
Clay
3-3
Rank
176
High
174
WWWWLWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-26 26-16 3-3 4-7 0-0 0-0
2024 20-16 12-11 6-3 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 7-11 1-4 5-5 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 5-6 5-3 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 200 (career-high), Rei will start his run in the Sumter Challenger after he played his last match in the Lexington Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 4-3 ret. to Spizzirri in the 2nd round on the 31st of July.

Rei has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2025, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he beat Liam Draxl in the final 6-1 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Rei has an overall 55-49 record. He has a positive 36-29 record on hard.

Previously in the Sumter Challenger

Rei has never competed in this tournament before.

Sumter Challenger
Sakamoto's Record

Kaylan Bigun

Kaylan Bigun

9 - 9win/loss

Hard
8-8
I Hard
1-1
Rank
743
High
690
LWLLLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-19 13-16 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0
2024 8-15 2-7 6-5 0-3 0-0 0-0
2023 2-9 0-2 1-5 1-2 0-0 0-0
2022 3-7 1-3 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 807, the American will start his run in the Sumter Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Southaven where he lost 7-6(5) 6-0

to Van Loben Sels in the semifinal on the 9th of August.

Bigun has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Kaylan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Southaven.

In terms of his career, Kaylan has an overall 22-40 record. He has a negative 11-20 record on hard.

Sumter Challenger
Bigun's Record

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