Fanming Meng and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2025; Yuta Kikuchi leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Yuta Kikuchi won at M15 Wuning (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Meng
⚙️ Grinder
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 54% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,061 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Fanming Meng.
Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Meng | Kikuchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Fanming Meng | Yuta Kikuchi | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 9/12 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 3 or more | 25% | 3/12 | 30% | 3/10 |
| 5 or more | 17% | 2/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 10 or more | 8% | 1/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/12 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Meng | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 3.33 | 1.86 |
| ROI % | -52.0% | -44.0% |
| Units P/L | -3.12u | -3.96u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kikuchi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Meng's 75%).
| Opponent | Meng | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Yue Xia | W 62 46 61 | W 60 61 |
| Chase Ferguson | W 61 76 | W 64 64 |
| Yaojie Zeng | L 36 36 | W 63 76 |
| Boxiong Zhang | W 64 51 | W 64 75 |
Last five matches per player
Pawit Sornlaksup
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 10
Thantub Suksumrarn
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Ryder Jackson
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 7
Matthew Dellavedova
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Yue Xia
M15 Luan · Round of 32
Jun 1
Tianhui Zhang
M15 Luan · Round of 16
Jun 1
Shintaro Imai
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Yuichiro Inui
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 25
Shinji Hazawa
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 18
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 11
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 11
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 4
Yue Xia
M15 Wuning · Round of 16
May 4
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 4
Daniil Ostapenkov
WUNING OPEN 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 13
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 32–50 matches
| Metric | Meng | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 41% | 58% |
| Sets won | 41% | 58% |
| Games won | 46% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Meng | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Meng | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
