Rei Sakamoto and Tyler Zink will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Court 13. 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 Rei Sakamoto who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rei Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.41
Tyler Zink -> 2.82

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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Tyler Zink

There is no head to head record between Rei Sakamoto and Tyler Zink since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rei Sakamoto

Rei Sakamoto

24 - 17win/loss

Hard
19-12
I Hard
2-2
Clay
3-3
Rank
176
High
174
WWLWWLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-26 24-16 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 at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in the Sumter Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Bigun in the 1st round on the 12th of August.

The Japanese has an aggregate 23-17 win-loss record in 2025, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering 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 55-50 record. He has a positive 36-30 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Sakamoto has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Sakamoto's Record

Tyler Zink

Tyler Zink

29 - 22win/loss

Hard
8-10
I Hard
5-2
Clay
15-9
Grass
1-1
Rank
293
High
278
LWLLLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-31 13-14 15-9 8-7 1-1 0-0
2024 31-12 13-7 9-1 9-4 0-0 0-0
2023 4-10 1-2 3-6 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 17-14 11-11 4-2 2-1 0-0 0-0
2021 6-9 6-7 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 303, Zink will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 7-6(2) 6-7(8) 6-3 to Shevchenko in the qualifications on the 5th of August.

Zink has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tyler’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.

In terms of his career, The American has an overall 93-73 record. He has a positive 45-41 record on hard.

U.S. Open
Zink's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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