Naoki Nakagawa and Rei Sakamoto have met 2 times since 2024; Rei Sakamoto leads 2–0. Their most recent meeting: Rei Sakamoto won at Winnipeg (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nakagawa
💥 Big Hitter
Sakamoto
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 53% vs 💥 Big Hitter across 8,477 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Rei Sakamoto.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the big hitter's power groundstrokes.
2 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Nakagawa | Sakamoto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Naoki Nakagawa | Rei Sakamoto | ||
| 1 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 100% | 15/15 |
| 3 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 67% | 10/15 |
| 5 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 53% | 8/15 |
| 10 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 7% | 1/15 |
| 15 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 7% | 1/15 |
| 20 or more | 50% | 1/2 | 0% | 0/15 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Nakagawa | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 8–7 |
| Avg odds | 1.65 | 2.01 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -12.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -1.83u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Sakamoto has a higher win rate against shared opponents (71% vs Nakagawa's 29%).
| Opponent | Nakagawa | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Sinclair | W | W 75 63 |
| Yibing Wu | L 36 26 | L 57 16 |
| Li Tu | L 76 46 67 | W 76 64 |
| Adam Walton | W 46 63 64 | W 62 64 |
| Kaichi Uchida | L 63 36 36 | W 46 76 64 |
| Kaylan Bigun | L 46 57 | L 36 16 |
| Patrick Kypson | L 36 16 | W 76 76 |
Last five matches per player
Colin Sinclair
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Leo Vithoontien
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 16
Takuya Kumasaka
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 9
Yusuke Takahashi
Koyushokucho Miyazaki Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 30
Yuta Kikuchi
M15 Tsukuba · Round of 32
Mar 23
Leo Vithoontien
M15 Nishi-Tokyo · Round of 16
Mar 16
Ryuki Matsuda
M15 Nishi-Tokyo · Round of 32
Mar 16
Emile Hudd
M15 Nishi-Tokyo · Quarterfinals
Mar 16
Yibing Wu
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 14
Pedro Martinez
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Alex Molcan
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 16
May 14
Alexandre Muller
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 32
May 13
Chun-Hsin Tseng
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 12
Matteo Martineau
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 1st Round Qualifying
May 1
Nicola Porcu
Sardegna Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 28
Ryan Seggerman
Sardegna Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Apr 28
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 30–65 matches
| Metric | Nakagawa | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 47% | 60% |
| Sets won | 51% | 55% |
| Games won | 51% | 51% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Nakagawa | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 2 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Nakagawa | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
