WTA OsakaWTA 250Qualifying round 1hardbest of three setsqualifying

Preston vs Kaji 0:0: result and our tips

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Taylah PrestonWTA #87Elo 1745hard 1744
0:0retired3:1
Haruka KajiWTA #286Elo 1361hard 1357

Our tips

Tips and chances as published: . A published tip never changes.

Our tip
Set Betting: Preston 2-060%

Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

Preston won 2-0 in 8 of the last 20 matches, Kaji lost 0-2 in 4 of the last 6 matches (tour average 33%)

Other tips

  • Total Games: Under 22.566%

    Where the number comes from: chance from the market; the pick and the reasoning come from our data

    Preston: 6 matches in a row under 22.5 games

Match chances

Winner chance from the market (no margin). The other markets come from the history of matches with a similar balance of strength. Chances and profiles as they stood before the match.

Winner

Taylah Preston81%
Haruka Kaji19%

Elo: T. Preston 90% · H. Kaji 10%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 T. Preston60%
2:1 T. Preston22%
2:1 H. Kaji9%
2:0 H. Kaji9%

First set

Taylah Preston75%
Haruka Kaji25%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes31%
no69%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineOver 19.5 · 50%market (no margin): 48%

The 19.5 line offered by bookmakers before the match: our chance on that line, and next to it the market's (from the odds, without the margin).

Expected total: 21.2

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
16.578%22%82%
17.567%33%72%
18.558%42%63%
19.550%50%56%
20.543%57%49%
21.540%60%44%
22.534%66%38%

Sample: 1,327 matches

Games handicap

Taylah Preston −5.549%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes19%

tour average 22%

Match stats

Taylah PrestonHaruka Kaji
0Aces2
3Double faults1
46%First serves in43%
73%First-serve points won67%
46%Second-serve points won33%
1/2Break points converted0/5
2/2Service games held1/2
58%Service points won48%
52%Return points won42%
25Total points won20

Serve profile (12 months)

Matches with stats from the last 12 months, pulled towards the tour average on a small sample.

T. PrestonTourH. Kaji
Service points won56%56%53%
Return points won43%44%42%
Service games held63%63%57%
Breaks of serve38%37%28%
Aces per service game0.160.15
Double faults per game0.370.30
Sets with a tie-break11%20%
Tie-breaks won7/103/3
Wins in straight sets76%50%
Matches in the sample387

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Taylah Preston

Haruka Kaji

  • 28/09/26LEmerson Jones#134WTA 125 Jingshan · R322:6 4:6
  • 19/09/26LDarya Astakhova#179WTA Seoul · Q12:6 7:6 2:6
  • 29/07/26LTaylah Preston#87WTA 125 Vancouver · R320:6 2:6
  • 06/05/26LXinxin Yao#270WTA 125 Jiujiang · R164:6 3:6
  • 05/05/26WXinyu Gao#231WTA 125 Jiujiang · R327:6 4:1
  • 26/10/25LKristiana Sidorova#337WTA Hong Kong · Q21:6 2:6
  • 25/10/25WKallista Liu#751WTA Hong Kong · Q17:6 6:4
  • 15/10/25LXinyu Gao#231WTA 125 Jinan · R163:6 3:6
  • 13/10/25WYufei Ren#293WTA 125 Jinan · R324:6 6:2 7:5
  • 10/06/25LMaria Carle#240WTA 125 Valencia · R321:6 2:6

Elo over the last year

Taylah PrestonHaruka Kaji

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

T. PrestonH. Kaji
Hard court16–1062%2–529%
Clay1–233%0–0
Grass4–544%0–0

Head to head

T. Preston 1–0 H. Kaji

  • 29/07/26Winner: Taylah Preston6:0 6:2