Ashlyn Krueger and Maria Sakkari will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashlyn Krueger who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ashlyn Krueger is the pick to win this match.
Ashlyn Krueger -> 1.9
Maria Sakkari -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Ashlyn Krueger vs. Maria Sakkari

This will be the 2nd time that Ashlyn Krueger and Maria Sakkari square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Beijing back in September 2025.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Ashlyn Krueger – Beijing 24-September-2025

Ashlyn Krueger

Ashlyn Krueger

25 - 25win/loss

Hard
18-15
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-5
Grass
3-5
Rank
45
High
29
LLWLLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 18-17 4-5 0-0 3-5 0-0
2024 29-26 19-17 6-6 0-0 4-3 0-0
2023 44-26 26-15 8-6 2-2 8-3 0-0
2022 34-22 23-17 10-4 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-14 10-11 5-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 50, Ashlyn will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Wuhan where she lost 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Baptiste in the 1st round on the 6th of October.

The American has a composed 24-25 win-loss record in 2025, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Ashlyn’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Abu Dhabi.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 160-126 record. She has a positive 108-83 record on hard.

Previously in Osaka

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2023. See her history.

Osaka
Krueger's Record

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

23 - 28win/loss

Hard
12-18
I Hard
1-1
Clay
7-5
Grass
3-4
Rank
52
High
3
LWWLLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 14-19 7-5 1-1 3-4 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 11-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 56, Sakkari will start her run in Osaka after she played her last match in Beijing where she lost 6-2 6-0 to Annie in the 2nd round on the 26th of September.

Maria has a composed 23-27 win-loss record in 2025, 12-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, The Greek has an overall 478-323 record. She has a positive 236-169 record on hard.

Previously in Osaka

The Greek has never competed in this tournament before.

Osaka
Sakkari's Record

Tennis Scores in Osaka

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