Eri Shimizu and Sara Saito have met 2 times since 2025; they are level 1–1. Their most recent meeting: Eri Shimizu won at W35 Hamamatsu (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Shimizu
🎾 All-Court
Saito
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🎾 All-Court vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 450 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Shimizu | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Eri Shimizu | Sara Saito | ||
| 1 or more | 57% | 4/7 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/7 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–6 | 3–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.29 | 2.04 |
| ROI % | -16.3% | -30.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.96u | -2.16u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Saito has a higher win rate against shared opponents (43% vs Shimizu's 14%).
| Opponent | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Misaki Matsuda | L | W 26 75 62 |
| Yuriko Miyazaki | L 26 26 | W 67 64 62 |
| Natsumi Kawaguchi | L 06 36 | L 62 46 36 |
| Lin Zhu | L 26 62 26 | L 36 06 |
| Yeon Woo Ku | L 16 16 | W 62 62 |
| Miho Kuramochi | W 76 61 | L 62 46 36 |
| Nao Hibino | L 36 26 | L 46 16 |
Last five matches per player
Yuriko Miyazaki
W100 Takasaki · Round of 32
May 18
Hayu Kinoshita
W100 Takasaki · Round of 16
May 18
Natsuho Arakawa
W75 Kurume · Round of 32
May 11
Ayano Shimizu
W75 Kurume · Round of 16
May 11
Katie Swan
W75 Kurume · Quarterfinals
May 11
Zhibek Kulambayeva
W50 Baotou · Round of 32
Apr 20
Lisa Zaar
W75 Portorož · Round of 32
Apr 13
Yeon Woo Ku
W75 Kofu · Round of 32
Mar 16
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 35–40 matches
| Metric | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 49% | 57% |
| Sets won | 45% | 57% |
| Games won | 48% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 1 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Shimizu | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Carpet | 1 | 1 |
