Shiho Akita vs Taylah PrestonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇯🇵Shiho Akita
#707 · 36 yrs · Right-Handed
40w2 meetings · sets 0–4
🇦🇺Taylah Preston
#100 · 20 yrs · Right-Handed
TitleShiho Akita and Taylah Preston have met 2 times since 2025; Taylah Preston leads 2–0. Their first meeting came at W35 Darwin 1 in 2025 on hard. On hard courts Preston leads 2–0. Preston has won the last 2 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Preston leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Akita has taken 0 sets to Preston's 4. Their most recent meeting: Taylah Preston won at W35 Darwin (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Akita | Preston | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Shiho Akita | Taylah Preston | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 71% | 5/7 | 74% | 46/62 |
| Wins a set when losing | 40% | 2/5 | 68% | 17/25 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 4/12 | 38% | 33/87 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 80% | 4/5 | 60% | 34/57 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 57% | 4/7 | 88% | 21/24 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 2/4 | 64% | 14/22 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 83% | 5/6 | 85% | 52/61 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 83% | 5/6 | 75% | 46/61 |
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: 2 of 2 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Akita 0, Preston 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Akita
🪃 Counterpuncher
Preston
👑 The Complete Package
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 6,005 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Taylah Preston.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion.
Previous meetings
2 career meetings, newest first
Oct 10, 2025
W35 Darwin
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Oct 5, 2025
W35 Darwin 1
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 9–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.97 |
| ROI % | - | +10.9% |
| Units P/L | - | +1.63u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 2 |
| Distance | — | 2,402 mi · 3,865 km |
| Route | — | GRE → ESP |
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
Preston has a higher win rate against shared opponents (60% vs Akita's 40%).
| Opponent | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Elena Micic | W 36 63 62 | W 63 62 |
| Yeon Woo Ku | L 63 16 36 | W 75 63 |
| Xiaodi You | L 26 63 67 | L 36 57 |
| Rina Saigo | L 46 06 | W 64 64 |
| Ya Yi Yang | W 64 61 | L 62 26 46 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Xiaodi You
W50 Yokohama 1 · 1st Round
Nov 25
Yeon Woo Ku
W100 Takasaki 1 · 2nd Round
Nov 20
Ayano Shimizu
W100 Takasaki 1 · 1st Round
Nov 18
Taylah Preston
W35 Darwin · Quarterfinals
Oct 10
Miyu Nakashima
W35 Darwin 2 · 2nd Round
Oct 9
Naoko Eto
W35 Darwin 2 · 1st Round
Oct 8
Taylah Preston
W35 Darwin 1 · Final
Oct 5
Su Jeong Jang
W35 Darwin 1 · Semifinals
Oct 4
Oksana Selekhmeteva
Philly Open - Philadelphia · 1st Round
Aug 24
Maddison Inglis
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Final
Aug 1
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Semifinals
Jul 31
Priscilla Hon
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 2nd Round
Jul 30
Harriet Dart
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · Quarterfinals
Jul 30
Haruka Kaji
Odlum Brown VanOpen - Vancouver · 1st Round
Jul 29
Savannah Broadus
W100 Evansville · 1st Round
Jul 22
Tyra Caterina Grant
Wimbledon
Jun 23
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 12–87 matches
| Metric | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 71% |
| Sets won | 57% | 68% |
| Games won | 53% | 57% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ITF W35 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Akita | Preston |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 2 |
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