Funa Kozaki vs Natsumi KawaguchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Funa Kozaki
Unranked · 24 yrs
1 meeting · sets 2–0
🇯🇵Natsumi Kawaguchi
#411 · 23 yrs · Left-Handed
Funa Kozaki and Natsumi Kawaguchi have met 1 time since 2026; Funa Kozaki leads 1–0. Across all meetings Kozaki has taken 2 sets to Kawaguchi's 0. Their most recent meeting: Funa Kozaki won at W75 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kozaki | Kawaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Funa Kozaki | Natsumi Kawaguchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 8/10 | 64% | 18/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 17% | 2/12 | 26% | 6/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 18% | 4/22 | 31% | 16/51 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 20% | 1/5 | 48% | 11/23 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 33% | 2/6 | 57% | 13/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/4 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 9/9 | 85% | 22/26 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 89% | 8/9 | 69% | 18/26 |
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 1, Kawaguchi 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kozaki
🧱 The Wall
Kawaguchi
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 59% vs 🧱 The Wall across 910 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Natsumi Kawaguchi.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 30, 2026
W75 Tianjin
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kozaki | Kawaguchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Funa Kozaki | Natsumi Kawaguchi | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 5/7 | 100% | 8/8 |
| 3 or more | 14% | 1/7 | 75% | 6/8 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 25% | 2/8 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/7 | 0% | 0/8 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–4 | 3–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.56 | 1.86 |
| ROI % | -11.5% | -46.9% |
| Units P/L | -0.69u | -3.75u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 7 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → POR | ESP → AUT → 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
Across 4 shared opponents, both Kozaki and Kawaguchi posted a 25% win rate.
| Opponent | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Junhan Zhang | L 46 26 | L 67 26 |
| On Yu Choi | L 36 16 | L 46 57 |
| Ya Yi Yang | W 61 75 | L 26 16 |
| Reina Goto | L 67 75 510 | W 76 46 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
Meiqi Guo
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 26
Sayaka Ishii
W50 Nanao · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Kayo Nishimura
W50 Nanao · 1st Round
Sep 22
Rinko Matsuda
W35 Kyoto · Quarterfinals
Sep 18
Haruna Arakawa
W35 Kyoto · 2nd Round
Sep 17
Kayo Nishimura
W35 Kyoto · 1st Round
Sep 15
Unknown Player
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Funa Kozaki
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 30
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 22–51 matches
| Metric | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 45% | 55% |
| Sets won | 46% | 53% |
| Games won | 48% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kozaki | Kawaguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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