ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Yokohama
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakamoto
💥 Big Hitter
Santillan
🪃 Counterpuncher
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 3,491 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Rei Sakamoto here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion. 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 | Sakamoto | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.40 | 2.98 |
| ROI % | -8.5% | +17.2% |
| Units P/L | -1.36u | +1.03u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Sakamoto
0
Santillan
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 4 shared opponents, both Sakamoto and Santillan posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Sakamoto | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Lajal | L 16 46 | L 36 26 |
| Kaylan Bigun | L 36 16 | W 63 61 |
| Kasidit Samrej | W 64 76 | W 63 76 |
| Max Basing | W 76 67 63 | L 26 36 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Sakamoto | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.2% | 53.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.1% | 69.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.3% | 45.5% |
| Aces / Match | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| Break Points Saved % | 62.7% | 58.1% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 31.5% | 22.2% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.5% | 43.3% |
| BP Converted % | 34.4% | 33.1% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 28.3 | 14.5 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 38 | 32.7 |
| Net Pts Won % | 69.9% | 59.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.2% | 45.7% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 33% | 33% |
Last five matches per player
Pedro Martinez
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Alex Molcan
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 16
May 9
Alexandre Muller
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 32
May 7
Matteo Martineau
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 1st Round Qualifying
May 1
Chun-Hsin Tseng
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 1
Matchup overview
Rei Sakamoto and Akira Santillan face off in the Semifinals at Yokohama on Hard.
Rei Sakamoto leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Rei Sakamoto is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Pedro Martinez (May 24).
Akira Santillan is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Alexander Donski (Jun 2).
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