Grand Slam · 1st Round Qualifying · Australian Open
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sakamoto
💥 Big Hitter
Evans
🪃 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 | Evans |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 9–7 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.40 | 1.60 |
| ROI % | -8.5% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.36u | -1.00u |
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
Evans
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Evans has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Sakamoto's 50%).
| Opponent | Sakamoto | Evans |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Crawford | L 46 36 | W 36 76 61 |
| Adam Walton | W 62 64 | W 62 26 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Sakamoto | Evans |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.2% | 56.9% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.1% | 72.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.3% | 54.5% |
| Aces / Match | 5.4 | 3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.8 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 62.7% | 33.3% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 31.5% | 50% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 47.5% | 62.5% |
| BP Converted % | 34.4% | 100% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 28.3 | 15 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 38 | 19 |
| Net Pts Won % | 69.9% | 50% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.2% | 60.8% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 33% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Pedro Martinez
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 19
Alex Molcan
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 16
May 14
Alexandre Muller
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · Round of 32
May 13
Chun-Hsin Tseng
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 12
Matteo Martineau
BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux · 1st Round Qualifying
May 1
Bruno Kuzuhara
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Daniel Jade
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 18
Rei Sakamoto
Australian Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 18
Oliver Crawford
Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Round of 16
Sep 10
Charles Chen
Guangzhou (Huangpu) · Round of 32
Sep 9
Matchup overview
Rei Sakamoto and Daniel Evans face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Australian Open 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 19).
Daniel Evans is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Bruno Kuzuhara (May 24).
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