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Haruka Kaji vs Taylah PrestonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

HK

🇯🇵Haruka Kaji

#257 · 31 yrs · Right-Handed

0–2

2 meetings · sets 0–4

Taylah Preston

🇦🇺Taylah Preston

#100 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed

Title

Haruka Kaji and Taylah Preston have met 2 times since 2026; Taylah Preston leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W100 Tokyo in 2026 on hard. On hard courts Preston leads 2–0. Preston has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kaji has taken 0 sets to Preston's 4. Their most recent meeting: Taylah Preston won at Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorKajiPreston
Wins in straight sets74%74%
Wins a set when losing21%68%
Goes to a deciding set24%38%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite65%60%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog46%88%
Tiebreak sets won65%64%
Wins after taking set 188%85%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 188%75%

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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kaji 0, Preston 2).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Kaji

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance
vs

Preston

👑 The Complete Package

Elite serve & returnHigh BP conversionAll-surface dominanceClutch performer

Matchup analysis

The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 6,005 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Taylah Preston.

The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.

Previous meetings

2 career meetings, newest first

Jul 29, 2026

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver

H Hard · 1st Round

06
26
Preston

Apr 23, 2026

W100 Tokyo

H Hard · 2nd Round

36
16
Preston

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeKajiPreston
1 or more50%92%
3 or more13%23%
5 or more6%8%
10 or more0%0%
15 or more0%0%
20 or more0%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricKajiPreston
W-L8–79–6
Avg odds2.191.97
ROI %-11.1%+10.9%
Units P/L-1.67u+1.63u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricKajiPreston
Countries22
Events22
Matches42
Distance—2,402 mi · 3,865 km
RoutePOR → DENGRE → ESP

Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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

Kaji has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Preston's 70%).

OpponentKajiPreston
Ya Yi Yang
L
63
36
67
L
62
26
46
Fangran Tian
W
60
64
W
36
61
63
Rina Saigo
W
60
64
W
64
64
Yeon Woo Ku
W
64
76
W
75
63
Natsumi Kawaguchi
W
76
63
W
62
64
Yufei Ren
W
46
62
75
L
67
67
Nao Hibino
W
06
64
63
L
63
26
57
Hiromi Abe
W
63
61
W
63
62
Shuai Zhang
L
46
36
W
63
26
63
Miho Kuramochi
W
64
63
W
61
63

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Kaji
LWLWLLLL
L

Elena Milovanovic

W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round

62
16
637

Aug 27

W

Amandine Hesse

W50 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round

64
762

Aug 25

L

Lidia Encheva

W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 2nd Round

26
26

Aug 20

W

Sakura Hosogi

W75 Kursumlijska Banja · 1st Round

46
62
62

Aug 18

L

Taylah Preston

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round

06
26

Jul 29

L

Julieta Pareja

W100 Evansville · 1st Round

46
64
36

Jul 22

L

Lea Ma

W75 Granby · 1st Round

36
36

Jul 14

L

Julieta Pareja

W50 Columbus · Quarterfinals

46
46

Jul 10

Preston
LWWWWWLL
L

Oksana Selekhmeteva

Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round

63
36
16

Aug 24

W

Maddison Inglis

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Final

765
63

Aug 1

W

Mananchaya Sawangkaew

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Semifinals

57
63
63

Jul 31

W

Priscilla Hon

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round

763
64

Jul 30

W

Harriet Dart

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals

63
63

Jul 30

W

Haruka Kaji

Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round

60
62

Jul 29

L

Savannah Broadus

W100 Evansville · 1st Round

766
26
36

Jul 22

L

Tyra Caterina Grant

Wimbledon

16
62
46

Jun 23

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ KajiPreston ahead↓ Preston

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 59–87 matches

MetricKajiPreston
Matches won53%71%
Sets won52%68%
Games won50%57%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageKajiPreston
WTA 12501
ITF W10001

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceKajiPreston
Hard02

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Haruka Kaji vs Taylah Preston FAQ

Taylah Preston leads the head-to-head 2–0 over 2 meetings.