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Naomi Osaka vs Sloane StephensPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

🇯🇵Naomi Osaka

#18 · 28 yrs · Right-Handed

1–2

3 meetings · sets 3–5

🇺🇸Sloane Stephens

#133 · 33 yrs · Right-Handed

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Naomi Osaka and Sloane Stephens have met 3 times since 2016; Sloane Stephens leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Acapulco in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Stephens leads 2–1. Across all meetings Osaka has taken 3 sets to Stephens's 5. Their most recent meeting: Naomi Osaka won at BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells (2022).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

Indicator	Osaka	Stephens
Indicator	Naomi Osaka		Sloane Stephens
Wins in straight sets	67%	22/33	72%	13/18
Wins a set when losing	27%	3/11	24%	5/21
Goes to a deciding set	32%	14/44	26%	10/39
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite	55%	18/33	40%	4/10
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog	60%	6/10	52%	14/27
Tiebreak sets won	71%	10/14	57%	4/7
Wins after taking set 1	94%	32/34	78%	14/18
Wins 2-0 after taking set 1	65%	22/34	72%	13/18

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 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Osaka 0, Stephens 1).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Osaka

💥 Big Hitter

Power groundstrokesHigh winner countAggressive shotsShort rallies

Stephens

⚙️ Grinder

Relentless consistencyDeep court positioningHigh rally toleranceMental fortitude

Matchup analysis

The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 60% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,462 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Naomi Osaka.

Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.

Previous meetings

3 career meetings, newest first

Mar 10, 2022

BNP Paribas Open - Indian Wells

H Hard · 1st Round

Osaka

Oct 24, 2018

Singapore

H Hard · Round Robin

Stephens

Feb 26, 2016

Acapulco

H Hard · Quarterfinals

Stephens

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

Outcome	Osaka	Stephens
Outcome	Naomi Osaka		Sloane Stephens
1 or more	92%	12/13	73%	11/15
3 or more	77%	10/13	7%	1/15
5 or more	69%	9/13	0%	0/15
10 or more	31%	4/13	0%	0/15
15 or more	0%	0/13	0%	0/15
20 or more	0%	0/13	0%	0/15

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Osaka	Stephens
W-L	9–4	9–7
Avg odds	1.46	2.98
ROI %	-14.3%	+21.4%
Units P/L	-1.86u	+3.43u

Travel

Last 30 days

Metric	Osaka	Stephens
Countries	1	1
Events	1	1
Matches	3	3
Distance	0 mi · 0 km	0 mi · 0 km
Route	ROU	UKR

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

Osaka has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Stephens's 0%).

Opponent	Osaka	Stephens
Sara Bejlek	W 76 64	L 36 26
Anastasia Zakharova	W 76 76	L 06 16
Anhelina Kalinina	W 61 63	L 62 67 26
Maria Victoria Quinde Serrano	W 62 75	L 46 16
Camila Osorio	W 62 75	L 46 16

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Osaka

LWWLWWWL

Karolina Muchova

China Open - Beijing · 4th Round

6⁷7

Oct 6

Sara Bejlek

China Open - Beijing · 3rd Round

76⁴

Oct 4

Maria Timofeeva

China Open - Beijing · 2nd Round

Oct 2

Elena Rybakina

U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round

Sep 7

Elise Mertens

U.S. Open - New York · 3rd Round

Sep 6

Katerina Siniakova

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

Sep 3

Anastasia Zakharova

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

76⁶

Sep 1

Elena Rybakina

National Bank Open - Toronto · Quarterfinals

6⁵7

Aug 12

Stephens

LWWLWLLW

Peyton Stearns

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · Quarterfinals

6⁶7

Sep 18

Janice Tjen

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 2nd Round

76⁴

76³

Sep 16

Carole Monnet

Guadalajara Open Akron - Guadalajara · 1st Round

76⁵

Sep 14

Marta Kostyuk

U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round

Sep 2

Clara Tauson

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

Sep 1

Mananchaya Sawangkaew

Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round

Aug 25

Marta Kostyuk

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 3rd Round

Aug 18

Anastasia Potapova

Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round

Aug 17

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ OsakaStephens ahead↓ Stephens

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 39–44 matches

Metric	Osaka	Stephens
Matches won	75%	46%
Sets won	68%	47%
Games won	56%	48%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

Stage	Osaka	Stephens
WTA Finals	0	1
WTA 250	0	1
WTA 1000	1	0

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

Surface	Osaka	Stephens
Hard	1	2

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Naomi Osaka vs Sloane Stephens FAQ

Sloane Stephens leads the head-to-head 2–1 over 3 meetings.

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Style Matchup

Previous meetings

Prop Research

Player ROI

Travel

Common opponents

Recent Form

Rivalry momentum

Win rate

Record by tier

By surface

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