Ayano Shimizu vs Sara SaitoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Ayano Shimizu
#572 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed
331 meeting · sets 0–2
🇯🇵Sara Saito
#243 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
4wAyano Shimizu and Sara Saito have met 1 time since 2026; Sara Saito leads 1–0. Across all meetings Shimizu has taken 0 sets to Saito's 2. Their most recent meeting: Sara Saito won at W75 Kurume (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Shimizu | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Ayano Shimizu | Sara Saito | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 50% | 4/8 | 69% | 22/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 14% | 2/14 | 33% | 8/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 6/22 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 29% | 2/7 | 44% | 16/36 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 8/14 | 31% | 5/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 25% | 1/4 | 64% | 7/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 88% | 7/8 | 90% | 26/29 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 50% | 4/8 | 76% | 22/29 |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Shimizu 0, Saito 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🪃 Counterpuncher
Saito
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 7,723 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
May 14, 2026
W75 Kurume
? Carpet · 2nd Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 9–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.83 | 1.71 |
| ROI % | -63.0% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -1.89u | -0.24u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 1 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | USA | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Saito has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Shimizu's 60%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Sakura Hosogi | W 64 64 | W 62 64 |
| Yuki Naito | L 16 36 | W 63 16 61 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | W 64 26 63 | L 16 36 |
| Kisa Yoshioka | W 76 64 | W 75 61 |
| Dayeon Back | L 67 61 67 | W 61 62 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Vaishnavi Adkar
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Priska Madelyn Nugroho
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 24
Yuki Naito
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 16
Liuyan An
Wuning 4 ITF
Jun 7
Hikaru Sato
W100 Takasaki · 2nd Round
May 22
Kanon Sawashiro
W100 Takasaki · 1st Round
May 20
Sara Saito
W75 Kurume · 2nd Round
May 14
Valentina Ryser
W75 Kurume · 1st Round
May 13
Kylie Collins
W75 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Erika Sema
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Luciana Perry
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 22
Kayla Cross
W75 Granby · Final
Jul 19
Cadence Brace
W75 Granby · Quarterfinals
Jul 18
Sakura Hosogi
W75 Granby · Semifinals
Jul 18
Kayo Nishimura
W75 Granby · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 22–56 matches
| Metric | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 36% | 57% |
| Sets won | 36% | 55% |
| Games won | 45% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Carpet | 0 | 1 |
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