Amit Vales and Naoya Honda have met 2 times since 2025; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Naoya Honda won at S M KRISHNA MEMORIAL OPEN (2026).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Vales
🧱 The Wall
Honda
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 54% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,061 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Naoya Honda.
Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Vales | Honda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Amit Vales | Naoya Honda | ||
| 1 or more | 73% | 11/15 | 100% | 14/14 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 5/15 | 86% | 12/14 |
| 5 or more | 13% | 2/15 | 36% | 5/14 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/14 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/15 | 0% | 0/14 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Vales | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–3 | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.76 | 1.54 |
| ROI % | +4.8% | -36.4% |
| Units P/L | +0.43u | -3.64u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Vales and Honda posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Vales | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Geerts | L 57 64 26 | L 62 46 46 |
Last five matches per player
Jean Baptiste Badon
M15 Lakewood CA · Round of 32
Jun 1
Kaylan Bigun
M15 Lakewood CA · Final
May 25
Vit Kalina
M15 Lakewood CA · Quarterfinals
May 25
Spencer Johnson
M15 Lakewood CA · Semifinals
May 25
Lucca Liu
M15 Lakewood CA · Round of 32
May 25
Marko Mesarovic
M15 Lakewood CA · Round of 16
May 25
Naoya Honda
S M KRISHNA MEMORIAL OPEN · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 18
Maan Kesharwani
S M KRISHNA MEMORIAL OPEN · 1st Round Qualifying
May 17
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–50 matches
| Metric | Vales | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 42% |
| Sets won | 52% | 49% |
| Games won | 51% | 50% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Vales | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Vales | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
