Honoka Kobayashi and Rina Saigo have met 1 time since 2025; Rina Saigo leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Rina Saigo won at W35 Qian Daohu (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kobayashi
🧱 The Wall
Saigo
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 63% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,886 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Rina Saigo.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kobayashi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 10–10 |
| Avg odds | 5.57 | 2.13 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -17.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -3.44u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Saigo has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Kobayashi's 0%).
| Opponent | Kobayashi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Micic | L 26 06 | L 06 76 16 |
| Hanyu Guo | L 16 36 | L 16 16 |
| Mio Mushika | L 36 06 | W 63 62 |
Last five matches per player
Boyoung Jeong
W35 Miyazaki · Round of 32
Apr 20
Aoi Ito
W35 Osaka · Round of 32
Apr 6
Kisa Yoshioka
W35 Timaru · Semifinals
Mar 9
Laquisa Khan
W35 Timaru · Round of 32
Mar 9
Aishi Das
W35 Timaru · Round of 16
Mar 9
Solymar Colling
W35 Timaru · Quarterfinals
Mar 9
Elena Micic
W35 Launceston · Round of 16
Mar 2
Hikaru Sato
W35 Launceston · Round of 32
Mar 2
Tiana Tian Deng
Zhengzhou ITF ·
Jun 17
Ekaterina Maklakova
Wuning 4 ITF ·
Jun 10
Yufei Ren
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 6
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 5
Jiayi Wang
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 4
Erin Lee
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 2
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva
W50 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Yufei Ren
W50 Wuning · Semifinals
Jun 1
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 27–59 matches
| Metric | Kobayashi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 48% | 54% |
| Sets won | 47% | 53% |
| Games won | 45% | 51% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kobayashi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W35 | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kobayashi | Saigo |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
