Rina Saigo and Yeon Woo Ku have met 3 times since 2025; Yeon Woo Ku leads 3–0. Their most recent meeting: Yeon Woo Ku won at W35 Nakhon Pathom (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Saigo
🪃 Counterpuncher
Ku
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
Both Rina Saigo and Yeon Woo Ku are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit — across 9,374 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.
3 career meetings, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Saigo | Ku | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Rina Saigo | Yeon Woo Ku | ||
| 1 or more | 63% | 12/19 | 75% | 9/12 |
| 3 or more | 16% | 3/19 | 42% | 5/12 |
| 5 or more | 5% | 1/19 | 17% | 2/12 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/12 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/19 | 0% | 0/12 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Saigo | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 10–11 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.21 | 1.85 |
| ROI % | -21.1% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.44u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Ku has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Saigo's 22%).
| Opponent | Saigo | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Tiana Tian Deng | L | W 63 62 |
| Haruka Kaji | L 06 46 | L 46 67 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | W 46 63 64 | L 16 76 36 |
| Taylah Preston | L 46 46 | L 57 36 |
| Eri Shimizu | L 63 57 46 | W 61 61 |
| Jana Kolodynska | L 36 36 | W 63 62 |
| Shiho Akita | W 64 60 | W 36 61 63 |
| Misaki Matsuda | L 16 16 | W 62 63 |
| Naiktha Bains | L 16 26 | W 63 64 |
Last five matches per player
Tiana Tian Deng
Zhengzhou ITF ·
Jun 17
Ekaterina Maklakova
Wuning 4 ITF ·
Jun 10
Yufei Ren
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 6
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 5
Jiayi Wang
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 4
Erin Lee
Wuning 3 ITF ·
Jun 2
Jiaqi Wang
W50 Wuning · Round of 16
Jun 1
Sonja Zhiyenbayeva
W50 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Iveta Dapkute
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Round of 32
Jun 1
Francisca Jorge
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Final
Jun 1
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Round of 16
Jun 1
Anastasia Kulikova
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Semifinals
Jun 1
Maria Martinez Vaquero
W50 Montemor-o-Novo · Quarterfinals
Jun 1
Claire Liu
W75 Trnava · Round of 32
May 11
Maddison Inglis
W100 Gifu · Round of 32
Apr 27
Haruka Kaji
W100 Tokyo · Round of 32
Apr 20
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–62 matches
| Metric | Saigo | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 55% | 68% |
| Sets won | 53% | 64% |
| Games won | 51% | 56% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Saigo | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W35 | 0 | 3 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Saigo | Ku |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
