Irina Balus vs Michika OzekiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Upcoming match
- Tournament
- W75 Saguenay
- Level
- ITF W75
- Round
- 3rd Round Qualifying
- Surface
- Hard
- Date & time
- October 19 · 9:00 AM ET
Book odds
Record at prices like this
At 4.50 or longer, Michika Ozeki has won 3 of 20 (15%). That is level with the 15% 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.
Irina Balus and Michika Ozeki meet next at the W75 Saguenay on October 19 on hard.
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Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Balus | Ozeki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Irina Balus | Michika Ozeki | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 76% | 22/29 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Wins a set when losing | 36% | 4/11 | 35% | 8/23 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 11/40 | 41% | 18/44 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 69% | 20/29 | 53% | 9/17 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 4/7 | 58% | 14/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 20% | 1/5 | 22% | 2/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 96% | 26/27 | 81% | 17/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 81% | 22/27 | 52% | 11/21 |
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
Balus
⚔️ The Gladiator
Ozeki
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
Both Irina Balus and Michika Ozeki are ⚔️ The Gladiator types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 4,502 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
First career meeting
Balus and Ozeki have never faced each other on tour.
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Balus | Ozeki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Irina Balus | Michika Ozeki | ||
| 1 or more | 56% | 5/9 | 55% | 6/11 |
| 3 or more | 11% | 1/9 | 18% | 2/11 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 9% | 1/11 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/11 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Balus | Ozeki |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–3 | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | 1.63 | 3.94 |
| ROI % | +4.3% | +78.2% |
| Units P/L | +0.47u | +7.04u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Balus | Ozeki |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 3 |
| Events | 2 | 3 |
| Matches | 3 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | TUR → EGY | AUT → SRB → EGY |
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
Balus has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Ozeki's 0%).
| Opponent | Balus | Ozeki |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Kmiecik | W 63 62 | L 57 64 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Avery Alexander
W75 Saguenay · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 18
Arianna Zucchini
W100 Templeton · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Krisha Mahendran
W100 Templeton · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Jule Niemeier
W50 Knokke-Heist · Final
Aug 2
Jenny Lim
W50 Knokke-Heist · Semifinals
Aug 1
Martha Matoula
W50 Knokke-Heist · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Tilwith Di Girolami
W50 Knokke-Heist · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Julia Adams
W50 Knokke-Heist · 1st Round
Jul 28
Tori Kinard
W75 Saguenay · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 18
Kallista Liu
W50 Quebec City · 1st Round
Oct 14
Sakura Hosogi
W50 Nanao · Semifinals
Sep 26
Tiana Tian Deng
W50 Nanao · Quarterfinals
Sep 25
Kurumi Tamura
W50 Nanao · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Yidi Yang
W50 Nanao · 1st Round
Sep 23
Eri Shimizu
W35 Kyoto · 1st Round
Sep 16
Ha Eum Lee
W15 Yeongwol · 1st Round
Sep 8
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 40–44 matches
| Metric | Balus | Ozeki |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 73% | 48% |
| Sets won | 68% | 47% |
| Games won | 58% | 49% |