Ignacio Buse and Rei Sakamoto will clash against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ignacio Buse who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ignacio Buse is the pick to win this match.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.666
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Rei Sakamoto

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

Ignacio Buse

Ranked no. 136, the Peruvian got to the qualifications after defeating Lukas Neumayer 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-1.

In the qualifications, Ignacio defeated Neumayer (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-1). During the match, Buse scored 118 points vs Neumayer’s 99. Ignacio was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Buse fired 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Ignacio Buse was very efficient on serve to win 75% (54/72) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ignacio broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Buse has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (128-84). 4-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Buse has a compiled18-12 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Heilbronn Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 7-5 7-5.

Buse has an aggregate 30-21 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Buse has never competed in this tournament before.

Rei Sakamoto

Ranked no. 200 (career-high), Sakamoto got to the qualifications after beating Tyler Zink 4-6 7-5 7-6(8).

In the qualifications against Zink, Sakamoto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-6⁸). During the match Sakamoto scored 126 points vs Zink’s 124. Rei was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakamoto fired 9 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 58% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (28/45) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Zink 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

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

Sakamoto has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2025, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Buse	Sakamoto
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	35
Pts	118-99	126-124
Total Points	217	250
Winners	54	40
%Winners	46%	32%

Both Buse and Sakamoto played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ignacio Buse lost 1 set, while Rei Sakamoto lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Buse and Sakamoto have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Buse played 2 games less than Sakamoto. Buse scored 54 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 40 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Buse	Sakamoto
Aces	9	9
Avg per match	9	9
1st in	72/106	61/106
%1st in	68%	58%
1st pts	54/72	40/61
%1st pts	75%	66%
2nd pts	19/34	28/45
%2nd pts	56%	62%

Buse managed to score 9 aces . Sakamoto managed to score 9 aces . Buse won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Buse	Sakamoto
Won	4	3
Converted	4/8	3/11
% Converted	50%	27%
Conceded	6	7
Saved	4	4
% Saved	67%	57%
Times Broken	2	3

The Peruvian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Buse dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Buse
	Q1 Neumayer	Total
Score	7-62 6-75 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	118-99	118-99
Total points	217	217
Winners	54	54
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	72/106	72/106
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	54/72	54/72
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	19/34	19/34
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Sakamoto
	Q1 Zink	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 7-68
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	126-124	126-124
Total points	250	250
Winners	40	40
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	61/106	61/106
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	40/61	40/61
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	28/45	28/45
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/11	3/11
Converted %	27%	27%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

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