Dabin Kim vs Kanon SawashiroPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W15 Yeongwol
- Level
- ITF W15
- Round
- Quarterfinals
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 3 · 6:00 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Dabin Kim meets Kanon Sawashiro in the quarterfinals of the W15 Yeongwol on hard court September 3. Kim ranks 867th on the WTA; Sawashiro sits at 807th. The two have no prior meetings, making this their first encounter at tour level.
Both players have won two matches running. Kim has taken 6 of her last 10 matches and 3 of her last 5, while Sawashiro has won 5 of her last 10 but just 3 of her last 5. On hard court, Kim holds a 70% record in her recent sample; Sawashiro's hard court form sits at 60%. Each played within the last day and has competed twice in the past two weeks.
Dabin Kim operates as a counterpuncher who reads the court well from the baseline. Kanon Sawashiro works similarly, preferring to construct points off her opponent's pace rather than dictate early in rallies. Kim's hard court record is the stronger of the two samples. The match will test which player can impose her timing better and force the other into uncomfortable offensive positions.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kim | Sawashiro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Dabin Kim | Kanon Sawashiro | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 14/20 | 76% | 13/17 |
| Wins a set when losing | 22% | 2/9 | 43% | 6/14 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 8/29 | 32% | 10/31 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 60% | 6/10 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 25% | 1/4 | 58% | 7/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 1/2 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 90% | 18/20 | 74% | 14/19 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 70% | 14/20 | 68% | 13/19 |
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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kim
🪃 Counterpuncher
Sawashiro
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Dabin Kim and Kanon Sawashiro are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 15,712 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Kim and Sawashiro have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kim | Sawashiro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dabin Kim | Kanon Sawashiro | ||
| 1 or more | 43% | 3/7 | 38% | 3/8 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kim | Sawashiro |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| Avg odds | 1.62 | 1.43 |
| ROI % | +11.0% | -14.4% |
| Units P/L | +0.66u | -1.15u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kim | Sawashiro |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 4 | 1 |
| Events | 4 | 1 |
| Matches | 8 | 2 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → ITA → USA → GER | GER |
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
Across 1 shared opponent, both Kim and Sawashiro posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Kim | Sawashiro |
|---|---|---|
| Yujin Kim | W 63 64 | W 62 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Thasaporn Naklo
W15 Yeongwol · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Mutsumi Uemura
W15 Yeongwol · 1st Round
Sep 1
Meng Yi Chen
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Maria Kalyakina
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 18
Ya Yi Yang
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Tiantian Sun
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Tiantian Sun
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Anastasia Efremova
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Eunji Lee
W15 Yeongwol · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Dayeon Lee
W15 Yeongwol · 1st Round
Sep 1
Ayumi Miyamoto
W15 Sapporo · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Kamonwan Yodpetch
W15 Sapporo · 1st Round
Jun 24
Aishi Das
W15 Sapporo · 2nd Round
Jun 18
Yujin Kim
W15 Sapporo · 1st Round
Jun 16
Mao Mushika
W15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jun 11
Mio Mushika
W15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 10
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 29–32 matches
| Metric | Kim | Sawashiro |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 69% | 56% |
| Sets won | 64% | 55% |
| Games won | 55% | 52% |