Jiayu Xu vs Riko KikawadaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Jiayu Xu and Riko Kikawada have met 1 time since 2026; Jiayu Xu leads 1–0. Across all meetings Xu has taken 2 sets to Kikawada's 1. Their most recent meeting: Jiayu Xu won at W15 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Xu | Kikawada | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jiayu Xu | Riko Kikawada | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 70% | 14/20 | 79% | 19/24 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 4/16 | 33% | 9/27 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 28% | 10/36 | 27% | 14/51 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 80% | 4/5 | 50% | 6/12 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 46% | 6/13 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 80% | 4/5 | 89% | 8/9 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 94% | 17/18 | 79% | 23/29 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 66% | 19/29 |
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. Head-to-head: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Xu 0, Kikawada 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Xu
💥 Big Hitter
Kikawada
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 7,733 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Jiayu Xu.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 9, 2026
W15 Tianjin
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Xu | Kikawada | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Jiayu Xu | Riko Kikawada | ||
| 1 or more | 75% | 3/4 | 33% | 5/15 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 2/4 | 7% | 1/15 |
| 5 or more | 25% | 1/4 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/15 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/4 | 0% | 0/15 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–2 | 8–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.69 | 3.12 |
| ROI % | -40.7% | +91.8% |
| Units P/L | -1.22u | +11.01u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 2 |
| Events | 2 | 2 |
| Matches | 4 | 6 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL → POR | ECU → POR |
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
Kikawada has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Xu's 33%).
| Opponent | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| Yiru Chen | W 63 64 | W |
| Soo Young Choi | L | W 60 61 |
| Eunchae Kim | L 46 46 | L 46 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Yingqun Sun
W15 Maanshan · Quarterfinals
Oct 2
Seo Yun Choi
W15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Ekaterina Kuznetsova
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 30
Yanan Hou
W15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Sep 23
Chia Yi Tsao
W15 Tianjin · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 11
Yiru Chen
W15 Tianjin · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 10
Riko Kikawada
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 9
Soo Young Choi
W15 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 2
Chloe Schwarz
W35 Wagga Wagga · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Himari Sato
W35 Wagga Wagga · 3rd Round Qualifying
Oct 5
Hikaru Sato
W35 Wagga Wagga · 2nd Round
Oct 1
Yuka Hosoki
W35 Wagga Wagga · 1st Round
Sep 30
Shiho Shibata
W35 Wagga Wagga · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Ai Maruyama
W35 Wagga Wagga · 2nd Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Andre Lukosiute
W15 Monastir · Semifinals
Sep 12
Yasmine Mansouri
W15 Monastir · Quarterfinals
Sep 11
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–51 matches
| Metric | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 47% |
| Sets won | 54% | 49% |
| Games won | 51% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W15 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Xu | Kikawada |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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