Dong Ju Kim vs Kuan-Yi LeePrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Dong Ju Kim and Kuan-Yi Lee have met 1 time since 2025; Dong Ju Kim leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kim has taken 2 sets to Lee's 0. Their most recent meeting: Dong Ju Kim won at M15 Gimcheon 1 (2025).
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- M25 Luan
- Level
- ITF M25
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 7 · 1:24 AM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 1.69 or shorter, Kuan-Yi Lee has won 14 of 18 (78%). The price implied 60%, so Kuan-Yi Lee has beaten it by 18 points.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Dong Ju Kim meets Kuan-Yi Lee in the first round of the M25 Luan on hard court on October 7. Kim ranks 748th globally; Lee sits at 659th. The two have met twice before, with Kim winning both meetings.
Lee has won 3 of his last 5 matches, while Kim has won 2 of 5. Both players are on losing streaks heading into this tournament. Lee last played 26 days ago; Kim competed two matches in the past two weeks and played six days before this fixture. On hard court, both carry even records from recent samples, each at 10-10.
Kim plays an aggressive, relentless style built on constant court pressure. Lee operates as a counterpuncher who constructs points patiently and capitalizes on mistakes. The surface history suggests both players know hard court tennis well. The match will turn on whether Kim's intensity can sustain pressure from the baseline or whether Lee's timing and patience can disrupt his rhythm.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Ju Kim | Lee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Dong Ju Kim | Kuan-Yi Lee | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 82% | 28/34 | 65% | 26/40 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 10/25 | 48% | 10/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 16/59 | 39% | 24/61 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 9/18 | 58% | 18/31 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 71% | 10/14 | 72% | 13/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 70% | 14/20 | 50% | 9/18 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 30/36 | 91% | 29/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 28/36 | 81% | 26/32 |
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 (Ju Kim 1, Lee 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kim
⚔️ The Gladiator
Lee
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,628 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kuan-Yi Lee.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Nov 22, 2025
M15 Gimcheon 1
H Hard · Semifinals
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kim | Lee | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Dong Ju Kim | Kuan-Yi Lee | ||
| 1 or more | 67% | 6/9 | 100% | 11/11 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 73% | 8/11 |
| 5 or more | 22% | 2/9 | 46% | 5/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–3 | 5–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.61 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | -31.5% | -16.5% |
| Units P/L | -1.89u | -1.65u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | VIE | — |
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 5 shared opponents, both Kim and Lee posted a 20% win rate.
| Opponent | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Keisuke Saitoh | W 62 76 | L 06 26 |
| Grigoriy Lomakin | L 46 62 67 | W 62 60 |
| Hikaru Shiraishi | L 57 36 | L |
| Matthew Dellavedova | L 36 06 | L |
| Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong | L 75 36 26 | L 57 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kosuke Ogura
M15 Luan · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Xing Dao Chen
M15 Luan · 1st Round
Sep 30
Martin Borisiouk
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 14
Quoc Cuong Tran
Phan Thiet 4 Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Grigoriy Lomakin
Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Kristjan Tamm
Phan Thiet 3 Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Fumin Jiang
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 26
Ku Keon Kang
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 19
Keisuke Saitoh
M25 Sapporo · Quarterfinals
Sep 11
Seiya Nakanishi
M25 Sapporo · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Yuto Oki
M25 Sapporo · 1st Round
Sep 9
Naoki Nakagawa
M25 Urayasu · Semifinals
Sep 5
Sora Fukuda
M25 Urayasu · Quarterfinals
Sep 4
Makoto Ochi
M25 Urayasu · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Sho Katayama
M25 Urayasu · 1st Round
Sep 1
Hikaru Shiraishi
M25 Taipei · 1st Round
Aug 26
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–61 matches
| Metric | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 66% |
| Sets won | 58% | 62% |
| Games won | 53% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kim | Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |