Keisuke Saitoh and Shintaro Imai have met 1 time since 2022; Shintaro Imai leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Shintaro Imai won at Yokkaichi (2022).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Saitoh
🧱 The Wall
Imai
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 🪃 Counterpuncher archetype wins about 57% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,782 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Shintaro Imai.
Counterpuncher players often use elite bp conversion and strong return game to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Saitoh | Imai | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Keisuke Saitoh | Shintaro Imai | ||
| 1 or more | 94% | 15/16 | 90% | 9/10 |
| 3 or more | 56% | 9/16 | 80% | 8/10 |
| 5 or more | 13% | 2/16 | 50% | 5/10 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 10% | 1/10 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/10 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/10 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Saitoh | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–1 | 4–1 |
| Avg odds | 1.82 | 1.31 |
| ROI % | +57.9% | +7.8% |
| Units P/L | +4.63u | +0.39u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 4 shared opponents, both Saitoh and Imai posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Saitoh | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Kosuke Ogura | W | W 64 64 |
| Noah Zamora | W 63 63 | L 76 36 26 |
| Chase Ferguson | L 46 36 | L 36 64 36 |
| Chen Dong | L 36 46 | W 64 42 |
Last five matches per player
Kosuke Ogura
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 17
Tai Sach
Futures 2026 ·
May 28
Tai Leonard Sach
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 16
May 25
Hyung Tak Oh
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 32
May 25
Alan Magadan
M15 Gimcheon · Quarterfinals
May 25
Dong Ju Kim
M15 Gimcheon · Quarterfinals
May 18
Hunter Heck
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 16
May 18
Matthew Dellavedova
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 32
May 18
Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Tianhui Zhang
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Uisung Park
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Ye Chen
Futures 2026 ·
May 30
Kai-I Wang
Futures 2026 ·
May 27
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Luan · Semifinals
May 25
Fanming Meng
M15 Luan · Round of 16
May 25
Lachlan Mcfadzean
M15 Luan · Quarterfinals
May 25
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 28–55 matches
| Metric | Saitoh | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 64% |
| Sets won | 53% | 65% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Saitoh | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Saitoh | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
