Dayeon Back vs Mei YamaguchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
๐ฐ๐ทDayeon Back
#253 ยท 24 yrs
3w1 meeting ยท sets 0โ2
๐ฏ๐ตMei Yamaguchi
#257 ยท 27 yrs
3Dayeon Back and Mei Yamaguchi have met 1 time since 2026; Mei Yamaguchi leads 1โ0. Across all meetings Back has taken 0 sets to Yamaguchi's 2. Their most recent meeting: Mei Yamaguchi won at W75 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches ยท Last 12 months
| Indicator | Back | Yamaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Dayeon Back | Mei Yamaguchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 84% | 41/49 | 64% | 16/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 4/23 | 32% | 10/31 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 17% | 12/72 | 34% | 19/56 |
| Covers โ1.5 sets as favorite | 63% | 32/51 | 40% | 12/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 18% | 2/11 | 50% | 12/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 45% | 5/11 | 30% | 3/10 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 45/47 | 75% | 18/24 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 87% | 41/47 | 67% | 16/24 |
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 (Back 0, Yamaguchi 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Back
๐ The Complete Package
Yamaguchi
๐น Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
๐ The Complete Package vs ๐น Frontrunner is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 978 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Sep 1, 2026
W75 Tianjin
H Hard ยท 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets ยท Last 90 days
| Outcome | Back | Yamaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dayeon Back | Mei Yamaguchi | ||
| 1 or more | 33% | 4/12 | 43% | 3/7 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/7 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches ยท Last 90 days
| Metric | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4โ7 | 2โ7 |
| Avg odds | 1.98 | 2.43 |
| ROI % | -27.3% | -58.3% |
| Units P/L | -3.01u | -5.25u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 4 |
| Distance | 0 mi ยท 0 km | 2,133 mi ยท 3,432 km |
| Route | POR | SGP โ CHN |
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 ยท Last 12 months
Back has a higher win rate against shared opponents (78% vs Yamaguchi's 56%).
| Opponent | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Reina Goto | W 63 62 | L 75 36 26 |
| Haruka Kaji | W 61 75 | W 64 61 |
| Naho Sato | W 75 62 | W 62 75 |
| Eunhye Lee | W 63 64 | W 46 62 63 |
| Sofya Lansere | W 63 61 | W 63 62 |
| Ayano Shimizu | W 76 16 76 | L 46 62 36 |
| Gabriella Da Silva Fick | L 26 62 46 | L 36 36 |
| Khongorzul Aldarkhishig | W 60 60 | W 61 61 |
| Talia Gibson | L 36 26 | L 63 67 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Maya Joint
Korea Open - Seoul ยท 2nd Round
Sep 23
Yue Yuan
Korea Open - Seoul ยท 1st Round
Sep 21
Viktoria Morvayova
W50 Guiyang ยท 1st Round
Sep 9
Mei Yamaguchi
W75 Tianjin ยท 1st Round
Sep 1
Laima Vladson
W50 Hamburg ยท 2nd Round
Aug 13
Arina Gabriela Vasilescu
W50 Hamburg ยท 1st Round
Aug 12
Julie Pastikova
W75 Leipzig ยท 1st Round
Aug 5
Xinxin Yao
W75 Hechingen ยท 1st Round
Jul 29
Wushuang Zheng
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan ยท 1st Round
Sep 28
Alycia Parks
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore ยท 1st Round
Sep 22
Kyoka Okamura
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore ยท 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Ulrikke Eikeri
Singapore Tennis Open - Singapore ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Tahlia Kokkinis
W50 Guiyang ยท 1st Round
Sep 8
Zhuoxuan Bai
W75 Tianjin ยท 2nd Round
Sep 3
Dayeon Back
W75 Tianjin ยท 1st Round
Sep 1
Polina Kudermetova
Mubadala DC Open - Washington ยท 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 25
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won ยท Last 12 months ยท 56โ72 matches
| Metric | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 68% | 45% |
| Sets won | 65% | 46% |
| Games won | 56% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Back | Yamaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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