Qian Sun vs Yuta KikuchiPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Qian Sun and Yuta Kikuchi have met 3 times since 2025; Yuta Kikuchi leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at M15 Wuning 3 in 2025 on hard. On hard courts they are level 1–1. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Kikuchi leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Sun has taken 2 sets to Kikuchi's 4. Their most recent meeting: Qian Sun won at M15 Tianjin (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Sun | Kikuchi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Qian Sun | Yuta Kikuchi | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 47% | 7/15 | 70% | 14/20 |
| Wins a set when losing | 48% | 10/21 | 43% | 9/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 50% | 18/36 | 37% | 15/41 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 18% | 2/11 | 42% | 11/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 67% | 14/21 | 57% | 8/14 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 43% | 6/14 | 67% | 4/6 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 61% | 11/18 | 81% | 17/21 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 39% | 7/18 | 67% | 14/21 |
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: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Sun 1, Kikuchi 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sun
💥 Big Hitter
Kikuchi
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🧱 The Wall across 482 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Qian Sun.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
3 career meetings, newest first
Aug 4, 2026
M15 Tianjin
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 12, 2026
WUNING OPEN 2
? - · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 10, 2025
M15 Wuning 3
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 5–6 | 0–2 |
| Avg odds | 1.86 | 1.76 |
| ROI % | -11.9% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.31u | -2.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 1 |
| Events | 4 | 1 |
| Matches | 6 | 1 |
| Distance | — | — |
| Route | CHN | CHN |
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
Kikuchi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (25% vs Sun's 0%).
| Opponent | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Yaojie Zeng | L 67 16 | W 63 76 |
| Noritaka Koizumi | L 26 26 | L 26 63 06 |
| Noritaka Koizumi | L 26 26 | L 26 63 06 |
| Daniil Ostapenkov | L 67 46 | L 26 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Fumin Jiang
M15 Maanshan · 2nd Round
Aug 27
Petr Bar Biryukov
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 26
Tianhui Zhang
M15 Maanshan · 1st Round
Aug 19
Yunseong Chung
M15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 13
Yuta Kawahashi
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 12
Hanlei Lu
M15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Hanlei Lu
M15 Tianjin · 2nd Round
Aug 6
Yuta Kikuchi
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 4
Qian Sun
M15 Tianjin · 1st Round
Aug 4
Shinji Hazawa
M15 Tokyo · 1st Round
Jun 9
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · 1st Round
May 20
Noritaka Koizumi
M15 Luan · Round of 32
May 20
Uisung Park
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 15
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · Round of 32
May 13
Charlie Pade
M15 Wuning · 1st Round
May 13
Taisei Ichikawa
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
May 8
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 36–41 matches
| Metric | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 42% | 49% |
| Sets won | 44% | 51% |
| Games won | 49% | 49% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF M15 | 1 | 1 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Sun | Kikuchi |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
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