India Houghton vs Kayo NishimuraPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇺🇸India Houghton
Unranked · 24 yrs · Left-Handed
37w31 meeting · sets 0–2
🇯🇵Kayo Nishimura
#486 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
4wIndia Houghton and Kayo Nishimura have met 1 time since 2025; Kayo Nishimura leads 1–0. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Nishimura leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Houghton has taken 0 sets to Nishimura's 2. Their most recent meeting: Kayo Nishimura won at W15 Hamilton 1 (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Houghton | Nishimura | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | India Houghton | Kayo Nishimura | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 4/5 | 68% | 26/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/3 | 13% | 2/16 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 13% | 1/8 | 26% | 14/54 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 50% | 1/2 | 50% | 15/30 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 3/5 | 56% | 9/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 100% | 1/1 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 5/5 | 100% | 32/32 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 80% | 4/5 | 81% | 26/32 |
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. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Houghton 0, Nishimura 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Houghton
🪃 Counterpuncher
Nishimura
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 7,723 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Dec 14, 2025
W15 Hamilton 1
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Houghton | Nishimura |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 7–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.18 |
| ROI % | - | +10.6% |
| Units P/L | - | +1.38u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Houghton | Nishimura |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | USA |
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.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tahlia Kokkinis
W35 Tauranga 1 · 1st Round
Dec 17
Kayo Nishimura
W15 Hamilton 1 · Final
Dec 14
Stefani Webb
W15 Hamilton 1 · Semifinals
Dec 13
Chengyiyi Yuan
W15 Hamilton 1 · Quarterfinals
Dec 12
Mio Mushika
W15 Hamilton 1 · 2nd Round
Dec 11
Yashwitha Reddy
W15 Hamilton 1 · 1st Round
Dec 10
Carson Tanguilig
W15 Sumter 1 · 2nd Round
Oct 30
Sophie Williams
W15 Sumter SC · Round of 32
Oct 29
Dana Guzman
W35 Southaven · 1st Round
Aug 5
Lexington Reed
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Isabella Marton
W35 Saskatoon · 1st Round
Jul 21
Sara Saito
W75 Granby · 2nd Round
Jul 16
Teah Chavez
W75 Granby · 1st Round
Jul 14
Mia Kupres
Granby ITF
Jul 13
Sakura Hosogi
W35 Taipei · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Yu Ning Tsai
Taipei 3 ITF · Round of 32
Jun 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 8–54 matches
| Metric | Houghton | Nishimura |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 70% |
| Sets won | 59% | 64% |
| Games won | 54% | 55% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Houghton | Nishimura |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W15 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Houghton | Nishimura |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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