Cherry Kim vs Natsuki YoshimotoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Cherry Kim and Natsuki Yoshimoto have met 1 time since 2026; Natsuki Yoshimoto leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kim has taken 0 sets to Yoshimoto's 2. Their most recent meeting: Natsuki Yoshimoto won at W15 Tokyo (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kim | Yoshimoto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Cherry Kim | Natsuki Yoshimoto | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 85% | 11/13 | 61% | 14/23 |
| Wins a set when losing | 23% | 3/13 | 53% | 10/19 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 19% | 5/26 | 45% | 19/42 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 33% | 1/3 | 43% | 10/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 4/8 | 64% | 9/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/1 | 29% | 2/7 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 85% | 11/13 | 82% | 18/22 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 85% | 11/13 | 64% | 14/22 |
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 (Kim 0, Yoshimoto 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kim
⚔️ The Gladiator
Yoshimoto
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 7,862 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 9, 2026
W15 Tokyo
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kim | Yoshimoto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Cherry Kim | Natsuki Yoshimoto | ||
| 1 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 39% | 5/13 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 8% | 1/13 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/2 | 0% | 0/13 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–1 | 6–6 |
| Avg odds | 3.68 | 1.75 |
| ROI % | +20.5% | -28.6% |
| Units P/L | +0.41u | -3.43u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 4 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | ESP → AUT |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. 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
Across 4 shared opponents, both Kim and Yoshimoto posted a 25% win rate.
| Opponent | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Hiromi Abe | L | L 36 57 |
| Sae Noguchi | L 36 46 | W 63 62 |
| Kanon Sawashiro | W 16 75 75 | L 46 36 |
| Eunhye Lee | L 36 16 | L 67 64 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Sunam Jeong
W15 Yeongwol · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Ekaterina Tupitsyna
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 26
Polina Kuharenko
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Yuka Matsumoto
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Yajing Cao
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Patsy Daughters
Claremont ITF
Jun 22
Tori Kinard
W15 Sapporo · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 16
Hwiwon Wi
W15 Sapporo · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Sakura Hosogi
W50 Nanao · 1st Round
Sep 22
Ena Shibahara
W35 Kyoto · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Tiana Tian Deng
W35 Kyoto · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Hikaru Sato
W35 Kyoto · 1st Round
Sep 16
Eva Marie Desvignes
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Eunyeong Park
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 19
Yushan Shao
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 11
Lily Taylor
W15 Brisbane · 1st Round
Jul 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 26–42 matches
| Metric | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 50% | 55% |
| Sets won | 51% | 54% |
| Games won | 49% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kim | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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