Mai Hontama vs Yeon Woo KuPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Mai Hontama and Yeon Woo Ku have met 1 time since 2026; Mai Hontama leads 1–0. Across all meetings Hontama has taken 2 sets to Ku's 1. Their most recent meeting: Mai Hontama won at W100 Landisville (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Hontama | Woo Ku | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mai Hontama | Yeon Woo Ku | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 61% | 23/38 | 76% | 29/38 |
| Wins a set when losing | 35% | 11/31 | 50% | 11/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 38% | 26/69 | 33% | 20/60 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 46% | 16/35 | 40% | 6/15 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 59% | 17/29 | 86% | 12/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 46% | 6/13 | 33% | 4/12 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 80% | 33/41 | 82% | 32/39 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 56% | 23/41 | 74% | 29/39 |
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 (Hontama 0, Woo Ku 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Hontama
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ku
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Mai Hontama and Yeon Woo Ku are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 15,398 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Aug 8, 2026
W100 Landisville
H Hard · 2nd Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Hontama | Ku | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Mai Hontama | Yeon Woo Ku | ||
| 1 or more | 38% | 6/16 | 62% | 8/13 |
| 3 or more | 13% | 2/16 | 23% | 3/13 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/13 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–7 | 4–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.88 | 2.19 |
| ROI % | +2.2% | -8.8% |
| Units P/L | +0.37u | -0.88u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | 1 |
| Events | 3 | 1 |
| Matches | 5 | 2 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | POR → ROU | 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
Hontama has a higher win rate against shared opponents (44% vs Ku's 33%).
| Opponent | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Alevtina Ibragimova | W 61 64 | W 63 62 |
| Storm Hunter | L 76 26 46 | L 64 67 06 |
| Maddison Inglis | L 36 46 | L 63 26 46 |
| Himeno Sakatsume | W 62 62 | L 36 61 46 |
| Mary Stoiana | L 62 36 46 | W 64 26 62 |
| Anastasia Kulikova | L 64 36 46 | W 62 61 |
| Taylah Preston | W 75 63 | L 57 36 |
| Claire Liu | L 57 26 | L 46 16 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | W 61 46 75 | L 16 76 36 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Emerson Jones
Suzhou WTA 125 - Suzhou · 1st Round
Oct 6
Katie Boulter
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round
Sep 30
Jodie Burrage
China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Alexandra Panova
China Open - Beijing · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Eunhye Lee
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Andrea Lazaro Garcia
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Lina Gjorcheska
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 24
Katrina Scott
W100 Landisville · Quarterfinals
Aug 8
Elena Gabriela Ruse
Korea Open - Seoul · 2nd Round
Sep 24
Alevtina Ibragimova
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round
Sep 22
Margaux Rouvroy
W50 Leiria · 1st Round
Sep 2
Storm Hunter
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 27
Astra Sharma
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 26
Mai Hontama
W100 Landisville · 2nd Round
Aug 8
Anna Sinclair Rogers
W100 Landisville · 1st Round
Aug 5
Emma Dong
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 29
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 60–69 matches
| Metric | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 55% | 63% |
| Sets won | 53% | 62% |
| Games won | 51% | 56% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W100 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Hontama | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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