Sara Saito vs Yuki NaitoPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Sara Saito
#271 · 19 yrs · Right-Handed
3w1 meeting · sets 2–1
🇯🇵Yuki Naito
#290 · 25 yrs · Right-Handed
5Sara Saito and Yuki Naito have met 1 time since 2026; Sara Saito leads 1–0. Across all meetings Saito has taken 2 sets to Naito's 1. Their most recent meeting: Sara Saito won at W75 Granby (2026).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Saito | Naito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Sara Saito | Yuki Naito | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 22/31 | 74% | 25/34 |
| Wins a set when losing | 38% | 10/26 | 36% | 8/22 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 19/57 | 30% | 17/56 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 42% | 15/36 | 56% | 14/25 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 39% | 7/18 | 61% | 14/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 69% | 9/13 | 38% | 5/13 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 25/30 | 85% | 28/33 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 73% | 22/30 | 76% | 25/33 |
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: 0 of 1 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Saito 0, Naito 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Saito
🧱 The Wall
Naito
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 67% vs 🧱 The Wall across 961 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Yuki Naito.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the the wall's elite returner.
Previous meetings
1 career meeting, newest first
Jul 15, 2026
W75 Granby
H Hard · 1st Round
Prop Research
Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days
| Outcome | Saito | Naito | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Sara Saito | Yuki Naito | ||
| 1 or more | 46% | 6/13 | 33% | 2/6 |
| 3 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 5 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 10 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 15 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
| 20 or more | 0% | 0/13 | 0% | 0/6 |
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 6–7 | 3–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.09 | 2.33 |
| ROI % | -17.5% | -1.9% |
| Units P/L | -2.28u | -0.13u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 1 | 2 |
| Events | 1 | 2 |
| Matches | 2 | 2 |
| Distance | 0 mi · 0 km | — |
| Route | POR | EST → 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
Naito has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Saito's 40%).
| Opponent | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown Player | L 26 36 | L 36 67 |
| Xinxin Yao | L 46 16 | W 64 62 |
| Sakura Hosogi | W 62 64 | W 61 62 |
| Ayano Shimizu | W 64 64 | W 61 63 |
| Hayu Kinoshita | L 16 36 | L 46 16 |
| Eri Shimizu | L 46 64 46 | W 75 64 |
| Dayeon Back | W 61 62 | L 36 57 |
| Misaki Matsuda | W 26 75 62 | W 60 61 |
| Miho Kuramochi | L 62 46 36 | W 46 75 62 |
| Lin Zhu | L 36 06 | L 36 26 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Unknown Player
Jingshan Tennis Open - Jingshan · 1st Round
Sep 28
Alevtina Ibragimova
Korea Open - Seoul · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 20
En Shuo Liang
Korea Open - Seoul · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 19
Xinxin Yao
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 9
Viktoria Morvayova
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 2
Reese Brantmeier
W100 Landisville · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 4
Kylie Collins
W75 Lexington · Quarterfinals
Jul 31
Erika Sema
W75 Lexington · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Alexis Nguyen
W50 Lexington · 1st Round
Oct 7
Ayla Aksu
Ankara Open - Ankara · 1st Round
Sep 21
Alexandra Shubladze
W50 Guiyang · 1st Round
Sep 8
Darya Astakhova
W75 Tianjin · 1st Round
Sep 1
Renata Zarazua
W100 Evansville · Quarterfinals
Jul 24
Madison Brengle
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 23
Fiona Crawley
W100 Evansville · 2nd Round
Jul 23
Boyoung Jeong
W100 Evansville · 3rd Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 56–57 matches
| Metric | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 54% | 61% |
| Sets won | 54% | 59% |
| Games won | 52% | 54% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| ITF W75 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Saito | Naito |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 0 |
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