Emerson Jones vs Haruka KajiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan
- Level
- WTA 125
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 28 · 2:00 AM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
Record at prices like this
At 1.29 or shorter, Emerson Jones has won 12 of 14 (86%). The price implied 78%, so Emerson Jones has beaten it by 8 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.
Emerson Jones and Haruka Kaji meet next at the Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan on September 28 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Jones | Kaji | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Emerson Jones | Haruka Kaji | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 29/40 | 73% | 24/33 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 9/24 | 26% | 8/31 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 31% | 20/64 | 27% | 17/64 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 57% | 24/42 | 59% | 13/22 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 41% | 7/17 | 51% | 20/39 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 67% | 10/15 | 67% | 12/18 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 33/37 | 86% | 24/28 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 29/37 | 86% | 24/28 |
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
Jones
🏹 Frontrunner
Kaji
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🏹 Frontrunner archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,711 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Emerson Jones.
Frontrunner players often use fast starts and aggressive openers to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Jones and Kaji have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Jones | Kaji | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Emerson Jones | Haruka Kaji | ||
| 1 or more | 57% | 4/7 | 35% | 6/17 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 12% | 2/17 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 6% | 1/17 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/17 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/17 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Jones | Kaji |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–6 | 8–10 |
| Avg odds | 1.77 | 2.35 |
| ROI % | -55.3% | -21.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.98u | -3.85u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Jones | Kaji |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 4 |
| Events | 2 | 4 |
| Matches | 1 | 5 |
| Distance | 917 mi · 1,475 km | — |
| Route | POR → CHN | ITA → CZE → POR → 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 · Last 12 months
Jones has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Kaji's 57%).
| Opponent | Jones | Kaji |
|---|---|---|
| Taylah Preston | W 75 46 76 | L 06 26 |
| Julieta Pareja | W 75 63 | L 46 64 36 |
| Eunhye Lee | W 62 75 | W 62 62 |
| Fangran Tian | W 61 62 | W 60 64 |
| Mei Yamaguchi | W 64 62 | L 46 16 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W 36 62 63 | W 36 63 75 |
| Katarina Zavatska | W 63 36 63 | W 76 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Ye Xin Ma
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Suzan Lamens
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Lanlana Tararudee
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Lanlana Tararudee
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Varvara Lepchenko
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Madison Brengle
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals
Jul 30
Carol Zhao
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 29
Darya Astakhova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Alexandra Shubladze
W50 Guiyang · 2nd Round
Sep 10
Anastasia Kulikova
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 8
Han Shi
W75 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Yufei Ren
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 2
Elena Milovanovic
W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Amandine Hesse
W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round
Aug 25
Lidia Encheva
W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round
Aug 20
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 64–64 matches
| Metric | Jones | Kaji |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 52% |
| Sets won | 60% | 51% |
| Games won | 53% | 50% |