Simona Waltert and Hina Inoue will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Waltert who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Waltert is the pick to win this match.
Simona Waltert -> 1.666
Hina Inoue -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Simona Waltert vs. Hina Inoue

There is no head to head record between Simona Waltert and Hina Inoue since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Simona Waltert

Ranked no. 127, Waltert reached the qualifications after defeating Daria Snigur 4-6 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications against Snigur, Waltert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Waltert scored 98 points vs Snigur’s 78. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Waltert made 6 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Simona Waltert was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (40/55) of her 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Snigur 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

Waltert has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (285-193). 7-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this competition, Waltert has an overall 70-48 match record in the last years on hard.

Waltert’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the W75 Szekesfehervar,the Oeiras and the Parma.

Simona has a composed 32-19 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Hina Inoue

Ranked no. 218, Hina got to the qualifications after beating Lauren Davis 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-1 6-2). During the match Inoue scored 53 points vs Davis’s 28. Inoue was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Inoue blasted 5 aces and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Hina Inoue was very effective on serve to win 81% (17/21) of her 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. The American broke Davis 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).

The American has an overall 28-19 win-loss record in 2025, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Hina has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Waltert	Inoue
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	25	15
Pts	98-78	53-28
Total Points	176	81
Winners	40	17
%Winners	41%	32%

Both Waltert and Inoue played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Simona Waltert lost 1 set while Hina Inoue hasn’t conceded a set so far. Waltert has played 1 set more than Inoue (3 vs 2). Therefore, Waltert played 10 games more than Inoue. Simona scored 40 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Hina blasted 17 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Waltert	Inoue
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	55/92	21/40
%1st in	60%	53%
1st pts	40/55	17/21
%1st pts	73%	81%
2nd pts	19/37	12/19
%2nd pts	51%	63%

Waltert fired 6 aces . Inoue made 5 aces . Waltert won 73% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Inoue won 81% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Waltert	Inoue
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/7
% Converted	56%	71%
Conceded	8	2
Saved	6	1
% Saved	75%	50%
Times Broken	2	1

The Swiss broke her opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Simona lost her serve twice and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Inoue conceded her serve once and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Waltert
	Q1 Snigur	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	98-78	98-78
Total points	176	176
Winners	40	40
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	55/92	55/92
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	40/55	40/55
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	19/37	19/37
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

Inoue
	Q1 Davis	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	53-28	53-28
Total points	81	81
Winners	17	17
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	21/40	21/40
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	17/21	17/21
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	12/19	12/19
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

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