Himeno Sakatsume vs Katie BoulterPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Japan Open - Osaka
- Level
- WTA 250
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 19 · 11:30 PM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 1.51 or shorter, Katie Boulter has won 50 of 76 (66%). The price implied 70%, so Katie Boulter has fallen 4 points short of it.
At 2.61 or longer, Himeno Sakatsume has won 5 of 17 (29%). That is level with the 30% the price implied.
Book prices with the bookmaker margin removed, across every priced match we hold for each player. Green beats the price by 3 points or more, red falls that far short, grey is within 3 points. Samples under ten are not shown.
Himeno Sakatsume and Katie Boulter meet next at the Japan Open - Osaka on October 19 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakatsume | Boulter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Himeno Sakatsume | Katie Boulter | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 29/41 | 60% | 12/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 43% | 12/28 | 33% | 7/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 35% | 24/69 | 37% | 15/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 16/35 | 46% | 11/24 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 16/28 | 38% | 6/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 56% | 5/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 34/41 | 78% | 18/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 29/41 | 52% | 12/23 |
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.
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakatsume
🏹 Frontrunner
Boulter
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 1,247 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Sakatsume and Boulter have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sakatsume | Boulter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Himeno Sakatsume | Katie Boulter | ||
| 1 or more | 71% | 10/14 | 44% | 4/9 |
| 3 or more | 36% | 5/14 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/14 | 0% | 0/9 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sakatsume | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.91 | 3.14 |
| ROI % | +2.8% | -43.2% |
| Units P/L | +0.45u | -3.89u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakatsume | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 3 | 3 |
| Events | 3 | 3 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | — | 1,917 mi · 3,085 km |
| Route | POR → ESP → SUI | ROU → CZE → SUI |
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
Boulter has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Sakatsume's 33%).
| Opponent | Sakatsume | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Mai Hontama | L 26 26 | W 63 64 |
| Carol Young Suh Lee | W 62 75 | W 64 36 60 |
| Tyra Caterina Grant | W 57 62 63 | L 46 26 |
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 46 36 | L 63 26 26 |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro | L 57 26 | W 76 64 |
| Jasmine Paolini | L 36 16 | L 60 36 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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Samsun Open - Samsun · Semifinals
Oct 10
Simona Waltert
Samsun Open - Samsun · Quarterfinals
Oct 9
Viktoria Hruncakova
Samsun Open - Samsun · 2nd Round
Oct 7
Dominika Salkova
Samsun Open - Samsun · 1st Round
Oct 5
Taylah Preston
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Cristina Bucsa
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Anhelina Kalinina
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Mia Ristic
U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 28
Diana Shnaider
Wuhan Open - Wuhan · 1st Round
Oct 13
Karolina Muchova
China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Mai Hontama
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Karolina Muchova
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Carol Young Suh Lee
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Linda Noskova
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 15
Katie Volynets
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Kayla Cross
National Bank Open - Toronto · 1st Round
Aug 3
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 41–69 matches
| Metric | Sakatsume | Boulter |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 49% |
| Sets won | 58% | 48% |
| Games won | 53% | 49% |