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.
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
25 - 25win/loss
45
29
| 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.
Maria Sakkari
23 - 28win/loss
52
3
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Simone Bolelli/Guillermo DuranBolelli/Guillermo Duran – Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Julian LenzLenz (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Niklas GuttauGuttau (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Maximilian MartererMarterer (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo EscobarEscobar – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-75 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-4 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Steven DiezDiez – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Peter HellerHeller (7-64 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Attila BalazsBalazs – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dalma GalfiGalfi – Kyoka OkamuraOkamura (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mei YamaguchiYamaguchi – Taylor TownsendTownsend (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Joanna GarlandGarland (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Emiliana ArangoArango (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Cristina BucsaBucsa (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Ena ShibaharaShibahara (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katie BoulterBoulter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction