ITF W · Taipei 2 ITF
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kawaguchi
👑 The Complete Package
Kitahara
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The 👑 The Complete Package archetype wins about 59% vs ⚔️ The Gladiator across 2,362 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Natsumi Kawaguchi here.
The Complete Package players often use elite serve & return and high bp conversion to pressure the the gladiator's physical intensity. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kawaguchi | Kitahara |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 6–1 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.49 |
| ROI % | - | +97.1% |
| Units P/L | - | +6.80u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Kawaguchi
0
Kitahara
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kawaguchi has a higher win rate against shared opponents (90% vs Kitahara's 40%).
| Opponent | Kawaguchi | Kitahara |
|---|---|---|
| Sayaka Ishii | W 63 76 | L 67 63 26 |
| Kisa Yoshioka | W | W 64 76 |
| Rina Saigo | W 76 64 | L 16 75 67 |
| Momoko Kobori | L 63 36 57 | L 16 36 |
| Mio Mushika | W 46 63 61 | W 64 63 |
| Shiho Tsujioka | W 61 16 63 | W 63 62 |
| Elena Micic | W 26 76 60 | L 26 16 |
| Sarah Rokusek | W 62 62 | W 63 62 |
| Reina Goto | W 76 46 63 | L 36 62 46 |
| Erika Sema | W 61 75 | L 16 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kawaguchi | Kitahara |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.5% | 70.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 69.1% | 56.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 48.5% | 41.9% |
| Aces / Match | 3 | 0.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.6 | 1.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 51% | 41.5% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 41.7% | 40.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 46.6% | 57.7% |
| BP Converted % | 52.7% | 44.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.7% | 49.6% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 57% | 36% |
Last five matches per player
Match summary
Natsumi Kawaguchi and Yuno Kitahara meet on hard court at Taipei 2 ITF on June 15. Both players are unranked and competing in what serves as a meaningful test of current form. Kawaguchi holds a 1-0 record against Kitahara from their single prior meeting.
Kawaguchi has won six of her last ten matches and carries a three-match winning streak into this event. Kitahara arrives off back-to-back losses after playing three matches in the past fourteen days, though her recent ten-match record sits at 60%. The head-to-head history favors Kawaguchi, and both players have also faced Elena Micic and Erika Sema recently, with Kawaguchi posting victories in both instances while Kitahara fell to both opponents.
Kawaguchi's game relies on technical balance across the court, while Kitahara plays with sustained aggression and physicality. On hard courts, Kawaguchi holds a 55% mark over a solid sample, slightly ahead of Kitahara's 50%. The match will test whether Kawaguchi can maintain her recent rhythm and whether Kitahara can return to form after her recent stretch of losses.
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