Himeno Sakatsume vs Taylah PrestonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- Korea Open - Seoul
- Level
- WTA 250
- Round
- 1st Round
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- September 20 · 9:00 PM ET
Book odds
Set spread
Game spread
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At 2.00 or longer, Taylah Preston has won 15 of 31 (48%). The price implied 38%, so Taylah Preston has beaten it by 10 points.
At 1.74 or shorter, Himeno Sakatsume has won 14 of 21 (67%). The price implied 61%, so Himeno Sakatsume has beaten it by 6 points.
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 Taylah Preston meet in the 1st Round of the Korea Open on September 20 on hard court. Sakatsume, ranked 115th, holds one victory over Preston in their single prior meeting. Preston, currently 92nd, brings higher ranking and recent hard court depth to Seoul.
Preston has converted 70% of her hard court matches in the sample period, compared to Sakatsume's 55%. Both players arrive with mixed recent form. Sakatsume won 4 of her last 5 matches but has gone 6-4 over ten; Preston took only 2 of her last 5 but holds the same 6-4 record across ten. Both lost their most recent match and have had roughly two and a half weeks away from competition. Common opponents paint a divergent picture: Preston defeated Harriet Dart and Haruka Kaji while Sakatsume fell to both, yet Sakatsume beat Nao Hibino where Preston did not.
Sakatsume operates from the baseline with steady groundstrokes and patience. Preston mixes baseline strength with serve and net play, adapting across court phases. Sakatsume will need to sustain long rallies and dictate from the baseline, while Preston will test her consistency with varied tactical approaches and hard court positioning.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sakatsume | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Himeno Sakatsume | Taylah Preston | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 73% | 30/41 | 78% | 45/58 |
| Wins a set when losing | 39% | 11/28 | 64% | 18/28 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 32% | 22/69 | 36% | 31/86 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 16/32 | 60% | 32/53 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 53% | 16/30 | 86% | 24/28 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 64% | 7/11 | 63% | 12/19 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 35/42 | 85% | 50/59 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 71% | 30/42 | 76% | 45/59 |
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
🎯 Baseliner
Preston
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 👑 The Complete Package is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 423 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Sakatsume and Preston have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Sakatsume | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Himeno Sakatsume | Taylah Preston | ||
| 1 or more | 78% | 7/9 | 89% | 8/9 |
| 3 or more | 33% | 3/9 | 22% | 2/9 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 11% | 1/9 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/9 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 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 | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–6 | 6–4 |
| Avg odds | 1.97 | 1.95 |
| ROI % | -4.3% | +4.2% |
| Units P/L | -0.51u | +0.42u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sakatsume | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 5 | 3 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | 81 mi · 130 km |
| Route | NED | ESP → NED |
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
Preston has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Sakatsume's 30%).
| Opponent | Sakatsume | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Alycia Parks | W 64 63 | W 63 63 |
| Tyra Caterina Grant | W 57 62 63 | L 16 62 46 |
| Kayla Day | L 36 36 | L 36 26 |
| Mai Hontama | L 26 26 | L 57 36 |
| Harriet Dart | L 63 06 36 | W 63 63 |
| Haruka Kaji | L 63 36 57 | W 60 62 |
| Jessica Bouzas Maneiro | L 57 26 | W 64 76 |
| Alicia Dudeney | W 63 63 | W 64 67 63 |
| Ashlyn Krueger | L 46 36 | L 62 36 46 |
| Shuai Zhang | L 64 26 16 | W 63 26 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Tyra Caterina Grant
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Jazmin Ortenzi
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Leolia Jeanjean
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Moyuka Uchijima
National Bank Open - Toronto · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 1
Mai Hontama
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals
Jul 30
Taylor Townsend
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 2
Alycia Parks
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Oksana Selekhmeteva
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 24
Kayla Day
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Maddison Inglis
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Final
Aug 1
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Semifinals
Jul 31
Priscilla Hon
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Harriet Dart
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals
Jul 30
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 69–86 matches
| Metric | Sakatsume | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 59% | 67% |
| Sets won | 58% | 66% |
| Games won | 53% | 56% |