Naoki Tajima vs Naoya HondaPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Naoki Tajima and Naoya Honda have met 1 time since 2025; Naoya Honda leads 1–0. Across all meetings Tajima has taken 0 sets to Honda's 2. Their most recent meeting: Naoya Honda won at Matsuyama (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Tajima | Honda | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Naoki Tajima | Naoya Honda | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 75% | 6/8 | 79% | 22/28 |
| Wins a set when losing | 0% | 0/10 | 40% | 10/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 11% | 2/18 | 30% | 16/53 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 40% | 2/5 | 44% | 11/25 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 22% | 2/9 | 47% | 9/19 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 0% | 0/3 | 68% | 15/22 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 100% | 8/8 | 76% | 26/34 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 75% | 6/8 | 65% | 22/34 |
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 (Tajima 0, Honda 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Tajima
🪃 Counterpuncher
Honda
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs ⚙️ Grinder is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 1,208 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Nov 2, 2025
Matsuyama
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–2 | 12–8 |
| Avg odds | 2.55 | 1.71 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -0.7% |
| Units P/L | -2.00u | -0.14u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 3 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | — | USA |
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
Across 5 shared opponents, both Tajima and Honda posted a 20% win rate.
| Opponent | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Nitin Kumar Sinha | L 67 67 | W 64 61 |
| Jangjun Kim | W 63 63 | L 26 36 |
| Sanhui Shin | L 26 46 | L 36 06 |
| San Hui Sin | L 26 46 | L 36 06 |
| Matthew Dellavedova | L 36 26 | L 57 76 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Nitin Kumar Sinha
Royan Atlantique Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Yanis Ghazouani Durand
M25 Kiseljak · 1st Round
Jun 10
Sanhui Shin
M15 Gimcheon · 2nd Round
May 28
San Hui Sin
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 16
May 28
Dongjae Kim
M15 Gimcheon · Round of 32
May 27
Dong Ju Kim
M15 Gimcheon · 1st Round
May 27
Jangjun Kim
Futures 2026
May 25
Bumpei Sato
Futures 2026
May 25
Nikita Filin
M25 East Lansing · 1st Round
Aug 12
Kaylan Bigun
M25 Southaven · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Ryan Dickerson
M25 Southaven · 1st Round
Aug 4
Keaton Hance
M25 Edwardsville · 1st Round
Jul 29
Evan Bynoe
M25 Champaign · Final
Jul 26
William Jansen
M25 Champaign · Semifinals
Jul 25
Nikita Filin
M25 Champaign · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Vignesh Gogineni
M25 Champaign · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 18–53 matches
| Metric | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 44% | 53% |
| Sets won | 42% | 54% |
| Games won | 50% | 51% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Tajima | Honda |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
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