Rio Noguchi and Tai Sach have met 1 time since 2025; Tai Sach leads 1–0. Their most recent meeting: Tai Sach won at Sydney (2025).
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Noguchi
⚙️ Grinder
Sach
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,745 matches in our dataset — a stylistic lean toward Tai Sach.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
1 career meeting, newest first
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Noguchi | Sach | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Rio Noguchi | Tai Sach | ||
| 1 or more | 63% | 10/16 | 100% | 7/7 |
| 3 or more | 31% | 5/16 | 57% | 4/7 |
| 5 or more | 19% | 3/16 | 29% | 2/7 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 14% | 1/7 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/7 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/16 | 0% | 0/7 |
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Noguchi | Sach |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–7 | 2–5 |
| Avg odds | 2.14 | 3.23 |
| ROI % | +20.7% | -65.1% |
| Units P/L | +3.11u | -4.56u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Noguchi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (67% vs Sach's 33%).
| Opponent | Noguchi | Sach |
|---|---|---|
| Fajing Sun | W 76 46 76 | L 26 16 |
| Tung-Lin Wu | L 36 26 | W 75 36 62 |
| Hiroki Moriya | W 64 64 | L 76 06 46 |
Last five matches per player
Clement Tabur
Dublin Challenger · Round of 32
Jun 16
Hamish Stewart
Dublin Challenger · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 15
Paul Jubb
Dublin Challenger · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Patrick Brady
Lexus Ilkley Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Keegan Smith
Lexus Ilkley Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Francesco Maestrelli
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Jie Cui
Wuxi Open · Quarterfinals
May 8
Fajing Sun
Wuxi Open · Round of 16
May 7
Masamichi Imamura
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 19
Yuto Oki
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 18
Geun Jun Kim
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 5
Yuya Hirose
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 4
Seiya Nakanishi
Futures 2026 ·
Jun 3
Keisuke Saitoh
Futures 2026 ·
May 28
Hayato Matsuoka
Gwangju Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Apr 19
Fajing Sun
WUNING OPEN 2 · Round of 32
Apr 15
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 21–62 matches
| Metric | Noguchi | Sach |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 53% | 43% |
| Sets won | 53% | 41% |
| Games won | 50% | 45% |
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Noguchi | Sach |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 0 | 1 |
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Noguchi | Sach |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 1 |
