ITF W · Tokyo ITF
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Yamazaki
⚔️ The Gladiator
Yoshimoto
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
⚔️ The Gladiator vs 🪃 Counterpuncher is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 5,913 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Ikumi Yamazaki plays Natsuki Yoshimoto.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Yamazaki | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Avg odds | 1.28 | 4.67 |
| ROI % | +28.0% | +367.0% |
| Units P/L | +0.28u | +3.67u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
First career meeting
Yamazaki and Yoshimoto have never faced each other on tour.
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Yamazaki and Yoshimoto posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Yamazaki | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Suha Lee | L 64 16 57 | L 46 36 |
| Sera Nishimoto | W 26 60 62 | W 75 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Yamazaki | Yoshimoto |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 67.9% | 66.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 56.5% | 59.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 39.3% | 47.5% |
| Aces / Match | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 48.1% | 52.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 41.9% | 46.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 56.1% | 55.1% |
| BP Converted % | 56.7% | 48.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 48.8% | 52.3% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 38% | 67% |
Last five matches per player
Match summary
Ikumi Yamazaki and Natsuki Yoshimoto meet on the outdoor hard courts of Tokyo ITF on June 12. Neither player has faced the other before, and both arrive unranked to what shapes as a telling domestic matchup.
Yoshimoto comes in with four consecutive wins and a 70% win rate on hard courts over her recent sample. Yamazaki has struggled on the surface, winning just 45% of her hard court matches in the same period, and has won only two of her last ten overall. Both players have competed against common opponents Nanari Katsumi and Sera Nishimoto recently, each finding success against the former and falling to the latter.
Yamazaki competes with a physical, aggressive baseline approach that demands consistency and depth. Natsuki Yoshimoto operates as a counterpuncher, reading the court and using her opponent's pace against them. On hard courts, where pace transfers quickly and margins tighten, Yamazaki's power game will need precision to build points; Yoshimoto will test whether Yamazaki can sustain that discipline over a full match.
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