Kayo Nishimura vs Sara SaitoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Kayo Nishimura
#522 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
3w2 meetings · sets 2–3
🇯🇵Sara Saito
#271 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
4wKayo Nishimura and Sara Saito have met 2 times since 2026; they are level 1–1. Their first meeting came at W35 Taipei in 2026 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. Across all meetings Nishimura has taken 2 sets to Saito's 3. Their most recent meeting: Sara Saito won at W75 Granby (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Nishimura | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kayo Nishimura | Sara Saito | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 68% | 25/37 | 71% | 22/31 |
| Wins a set when losing | 18% | 4/22 | 38% | 10/26 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 27% | 16/59 | 33% | 19/57 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 56% | 14/25 | 42% | 15/36 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 50% | 12/24 | 39% | 7/18 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 63% | 5/8 | 69% | 9/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 97% | 30/31 | 83% | 25/30 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 81% | 25/31 | 73% | 22/30 |
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: 1 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Nishimura 0, Saito 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishimura
⚔️ The Gladiator
Saito
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 60% vs 🧱 The Wall across 1,508 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Kayo Nishimura.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Jul 16, 2026
W75 Granby
H Hard · 2nd Round
Jun 16, 2026
W35 Taipei
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Nishimura | Saito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Kayo Nishimura | Sara Saito | ||
| 1 or more | 22% | 2/9 | 42% | 5/12 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/9 | 0% | 0/12 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–7 | 5–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.51 | 2.13 |
| ROI % | -41.6% | -24.3% |
| Units P/L | -3.74u | -2.92u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 2 | 1 |
| Matches | 2 | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | ESP → AUT | 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
Saito has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Nishimura's 29%).
| Opponent | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Patcharin Cheapchadej | L 26 26 | L 26 36 |
| Natsumi Kawaguchi | L 36 26 | L 62 46 36 |
| Sakura Hosogi | L 46 62 57 | W 62 64 |
| Naho Sato | W 62 62 | W 62 46 63 |
| Ayano Shimizu | L 26 36 | W 64 64 |
| Misaki Matsuda | W 64 57 61 | W 26 75 62 |
| Eri Shimizu | L 26 36 | L 46 64 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Natsumi Kawaguchi
W50 Nanao · 1st Round
Sep 22
Natsumi Kawaguchi
W35 Kyoto · 1st Round
Sep 15
Vaishnavi Adkar
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 8
Hikaru Sato
W50 Guiyang · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 7
Eunhye Lee
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 6
Patcharin Cheapchadej
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 30
Dana Guzman
W35 Southaven · 1st Round
Aug 5
Lexington Reed
W75 Lexington · 1st Round
Jul 29
Unknown Player
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 28
Alevtina Ibragimova
Korea Open - Seoul · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
En Shuo Liang
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Xinxin Yao
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 9
Viktoria Morvayova
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 2
Reese Brantmeier
W100 Landisville · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 4
Kylie Collins
W75 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Erika Sema
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 57–59 matches
| Metric | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 63% | 54% |
| Sets won | 58% | 54% |
| Games won | 53% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W35 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nishimura | Saito |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
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