Hayu Kinoshita vs Sara SaitoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Hayu Kinoshita
#223 · 19 yrs
5w3 meetings · sets 4–2
🇯🇵Sara Saito
#243 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
4wHayu Kinoshita and Sara Saito have met 3 times since 2025; Hayu Kinoshita leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at W35 Hamamatsu 1 in 2025 on carpet. On hard courts Kinoshita leads 2–0. Kinoshita has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kinoshita has taken 4 sets to Saito's 2. Their most recent meeting: Hayu Kinoshita won at W100 Takasaki (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kinoshita | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Hayu Kinoshita | Sara Saito | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 86% | 31/36 | 69% | 22/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 26% | 6/23 | 33% | 8/24 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 19% | 11/59 | 32% | 18/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 66% | 23/35 | 44% | 16/36 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 45% | 9/20 | 31% | 5/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 4/8 | 64% | 7/11 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 33/35 | 90% | 26/29 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 89% | 31/35 | 76% | 22/29 |
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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kinoshita 2, Saito 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kinoshita
👑 The Complete Package
Saito
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 55% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,688 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Hayu Kinoshita.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
May 22, 2026
W100 Takasaki
H Hard · 2nd Round
Mar 19, 2026
W75 Kofu 1
H Hard · 2nd Round
Nov 6, 2025
W35 Hamamatsu 1
? Carpet · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Kinoshita | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Hayu Kinoshita | Sara Saito | ||
| 1 or more | 33% | 2/6 | 53% | 8/15 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 7% | 1/15 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/6 | 0% | 0/15 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kinoshita | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–6 | 9–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.97 | 1.71 |
| ROI % | -54.1% | -1.7% |
| Units P/L | -4.33u | -0.24u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 10 shared opponents, both Kinoshita and Saito posted a 60% win rate.
| Opponent | Kinoshita | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Mananchaya Sawangkaew | L 46 26 | L 57 26 |
| Sakura Hosogi | L 26 16 | W 62 64 |
| Yuki Naito | W 64 61 | W 63 16 61 |
| Ayano Shimizu | L 46 62 36 | W 64 64 |
| Natsuho Arakawa | W 61 62 | W 62 63 |
| Lin Zhu | W 62 64 | L 36 06 |
| Yeon Woo Ku | W 61 67 63 | W 62 62 |
| Misaki Matsuda | L 46 26 | W 26 75 62 |
| Ena Shibahara | W 75 61 | L 36 63 36 |
| Natsumi Kawaguchi | W 62 62 | L 62 46 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Kyoka Okamura
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 29
Moyuka Uchijima
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 29
Elvina Kalieva
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 22
Sakura Hosogi
W75 Granby · 1st Round
Jul 15
Iryna Shymanovich
Hall of Fame Open - Newport · 1st Round
Jul 8
Mariam Bolkvadze
Wimbledon
Jun 24
Viktoriya Tomova
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Viktoria Hruncakova
Ladies Open - Figueira da Foz · 1st Round
Jun 15
Kylie Collins
W75 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Erika Sema
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Luciana Perry
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 28
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 22
Kayla Cross
W75 Granby · Final
Jul 19
Cadence Brace
W75 Granby · Quarterfinals
Jul 18
Sakura Hosogi
W75 Granby · Semifinals
Jul 18
Kayo Nishimura
W75 Granby · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–59 matches
| Metric | Kinoshita | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 61% | 57% |
| Sets won | 60% | 55% |
| Games won | 55% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kinoshita | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W100 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kinoshita | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 0 |
| Carpet | 0 | 1 |
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