Funa Kozaki vs Nao NishinoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Funa Kozaki and Nao Nishino have met 1 time since 2026; Nao Nishino leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kozaki has taken 0 sets to Nishino's 2. Their most recent meeting: Nao Nishino won at W15 Tokyo (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kozaki | Nishino | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Funa Kozaki | Nao Nishino | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 8/10 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 2/12 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 18% | 4/22 | 36% | 5/14 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 20% | 1/5 | 83% | 5/6 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 2/6 | 50% | 1/2 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/4 | 100% | 2/2 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 9/9 | 73% | 8/11 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 89% | 8/9 | 73% | 8/11 |
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 (Kozaki 0, Nishino 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kozaki
🧱 The Wall
Nishino
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,508 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Nao Nishino.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jun 10, 2026
W15 Tokyo
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.56 | - |
| ROI % | -11.5% | - |
| Units P/L | -0.69u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 7 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → POR | — |
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
Nishino has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Kozaki's 0%).
| Opponent | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| Gyeong Seo Lee | L 46 26 | L 61 46 810 |
| Gabriela Lee | L 46 26 | L 61 46 810 |
| On Yu Choi | L 36 16 | W 63 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Seo Yun Choi
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 30
Guyu Xu
W15 Maanshan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Elsa Wan
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Chuyi Yang
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 27
Marianna Shikhanova
W15 Maanshan · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 22
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 21
Yinuo Huang
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 20
Junhan Zhang
W35 Shenyang · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 13
Gyeong Seo Lee
W35 Taipei · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Gabriela Lee
Taipei 3 ITF
Jun 22
Pei Chi Ho
W35 Taipei · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 21
Kristiana Sidorova
W35 Taipei · 1st Round
Jun 17
Ching Li Chen
W35 Taipei · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Yu Tsen Ko
W35 Taipei · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Clarissa Chen
Taipei 2 ITF
Jun 15
Ikumi Yamazaki
W15 Tokyo · 2nd Round
Jun 11
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 14–22 matches
| Metric | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 45% | 64% |
| Sets won | 46% | 67% |
| Games won | 48% | 59% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kozaki | Nishino |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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