Koray Kirci and Yuta Kikuchi have met 1 time since 2025; Koray Kirci leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Koray Kirci won at M15 Tokyo (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kirci
⚙️ Grinder
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 54% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,061 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Koray Kirci.
Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kirci | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 4–5 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.86 |
| ROI % | - | -44.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -3.96u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kikuchi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (33% vs Kirci's 0%).
| Opponent | Kirci | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Timofei Derepasko | L 06 36 | W 63 61 |
| Shunsuke Nakagawa | L 26 26 | L 36 57 |
| Woobin Shin | L 67 16 | L 67 46 |
Last five matches per player
Felix Raser
M25 Antalya · Round of 32
Feb 9
Dinko Dinev
M15 Zahra · Round of 32
Feb 2
Timofei Derepasko
Islamabad · Round of 32
Nov 24
Kris Van Wyk
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 16
Sep 29
Fabrizio Andaloro
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Semifinals
Sep 29
Michal Krajci
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Sep 29
Sasi Kumar Mukund
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Quarterfinals
Sep 29
Jan Hrazdil
M25 Sharm ElSheikh · Round of 32
Sep 22
Shinji Hazawa
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 18
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 11
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 11
Yan Cheng Chen
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 4
Yue Xia
M15 Wuning · Round of 16
May 4
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 4
Daniil Ostapenkov
WUNING OPEN 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 13
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 19–50 matches
| Metric | Kirci | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 42% | 58% |
| Sets won | 40% | 58% |
| Games won | 47% | 52% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kirci | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| ITF M15 | 1 | 0 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kirci | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
