Mai Hontama vs Varvara GrachevaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Mai Hontama
#167 · 26 yrs · Right-Handed
3w1 meeting · sets 0–2
🇫🇷Varvara Gracheva
#148 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
24wMai Hontama and Varvara Gracheva have met 1 time since 2024; Varvara Gracheva leads 1–0. Across all meetings Hontama has taken 0 sets to Gracheva's 2. Their most recent meeting: Varvara Gracheva won at Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo (2024).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Hontama | Gracheva | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mai Hontama | Varvara Gracheva | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 19/31 | 17% | 1/6 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 10/26 | 20% | 2/10 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 39% | 22/57 | 44% | 7/16 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 13/31 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 64% | 14/22 | 42% | 5/12 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 7/14 | 33% | 1/3 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 81% | 29/36 | 80% | 4/5 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 53% | 19/36 | 20% | 1/5 |
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 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Hontama 0, Gracheva 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hontama
⚔️ The Gladiator
Gracheva
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 53% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 3,165 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Varvara Gracheva.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Oct 21, 2024
Toray Pan Pacific Open - Tokyo
H Hard · 1st Round
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–7 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.26 | - |
| ROI % | +30.4% | - |
| Units P/L | +5.47u | - |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | — |
| Events | 1 | — |
| Matches | 3 | — |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | POL | — |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. 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
Hontama has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Gracheva's 0%).
| Opponent | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Lilli Tagger | L 46 46 | L 26 46 |
| Magda Linette | W 64 75 | L 62 26 06 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Katrina Scott
W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Yeon Woo Ku
W100 Landisville · 2nd Round
Aug 7
Erika Andreeva
W100 Landisville · 1st Round
Aug 4
Maddison Inglis
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Semifinals
Jul 31
Jia Jing Lu
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Himeno Sakatsume
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals
Jul 30
Kayla Day
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 28
Lilli Tagger
Livesport Prague Open - Prague · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Magda Linette
Miami Open - Miami · 1st Round
Mar 17
Lilli Tagger
BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells · 1st Round
Mar 5
Jessica Pegula
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 2nd Round
Feb 17
Rebecca Sramkova
Dubai Duty Free Championships - Dubai · 1st Round
Feb 16
Maria Sakkari
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 3rd Round
Feb 11
Linda Noskova
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 2nd Round
Feb 10
Laura Siegemund
Qatar TotalEnergies Open - Doha · 1st Round
Feb 8
Elena Rybakina
Australian Open - Melbourne · 2nd Round
Jan 22
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 16–57 matches
| Metric | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 38% |
| Sets won | 53% | 36% |
| Games won | 52% | 43% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| WTA 500 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Hontama | Gracheva |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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