WTA OsakaWTA 250Qualifying round 1hardbest of three setsqualifying

Yamaguchi vs Kenin 1:2: result and our tips

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Mei YamaguchiWTA #256Elo 1475hard 1477
1:2final6:2 0:6 1:6
Sofia KeninWTA #126Elo 1712hard 1685

Our tips

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

Our tip
Total Sets: Under 2.5Lost74%

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

Yamaguchi: 8 matches in a row without a deciding set

Other tips

  • Total Games: Under 20.5Lost63%

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

    Yamaguchi: 4 matches in a row under 20.5 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

Mei Yamaguchi14%
Sofia Kenin86%

Elo: M. Yamaguchi 23% · S. Kenin 77%

from the market (no margin)

Set score

2:0 M. Yamaguchi7%
2:1 M. Yamaguchi6%
2:1 S. Kenin20%
2:0 S. Kenin67%

First set

Mei Yamaguchi20%
Sofia Kenin80%
Full distance (3rd set)
yes26%
no74%

Total games

The bookmakers' lineUnder 19.0 · 47%market (no margin): 48%

The 19.0 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: 20.6

Distribution of total games
LineOverUnderTour over
15.584%16%89%
16.573%27%82%
17.563%37%72%
18.553%47%63%
19.545%55%55%
20.537%63%49%
21.534%66%44%

Sample: 1,049 matches

Games handicap

Sofia Kenin −5.556%

Tie-break in the match

Tie-break: yes17%

tour average 22%

How the forecast did

  • Favouritefavourite won
  • Most likely set scorewas 1:2
  • Total games Under 19.0out · 21 games
  • Games handicapcovered
  • Tie-breakno tie-break

Match stats

Mei YamaguchiSofia Kenin
7Aces3
5Double faults4
71%First serves in75%
63%First-serve points won67%
10%Second-serve points won43%
3/3Break points converted7/11
4/11Service games held7/10
48%Service points won61%
39%Return points won52%
55Total points won71

Serve profile (12 months)

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

M. YamaguchiTourS. Kenin
Service points won55%56%56%
Return points won44%44%40%
Service games held59%63%64%
Breaks of serve38%37%26%
Aces per service game0.150.15
Double faults per game0.250.41
Sets with a tie-break6%13%
Tie-breaks won1/25/11
Wins in straight sets43%60%
Matches in the sample1536

Form

The last 10 matches in all tournaments, newest first.

Mei Yamaguchi

  • 28/09/26LWushuang Zheng#435WTA 125 Jingshan · R321:6 3:6
  • 22/09/26LAlycia Parks#64WTA Singapore · R324:6 3:6
  • 20/09/26LKyoka Okamura#246WTA Singapore · Q21:6 1:6
  • 19/09/26WUlrikke EikeriWTA Singapore · Q16:1 6:4
  • 25/07/26LPolina Kudermetova#105WTA Washington · R166:7 4:6
  • 08/07/26LGreet Minnen#239WTA 125 Newport · R325:7 3:6
  • 06/05/26LHayu Kinoshita#221WTA 125 Jiujiang · R164:6 1:6
  • 05/05/26WAnastasia Zolotareva#273WTA 125 Jiujiang · R326:3 6:3
  • 06/02/26LFangran Tian#249WTA 125 Mumbai · QF2:6 6:2 2:6
  • 04/02/26WYasmine Kabbaj#253WTA 125 Mumbai · R164:6 6:4 7:6

Sofia Kenin

Elo over the last year

Mei YamaguchiSofia Kenin

Record by surface (12 months)

Wins–losses over the last 12 months.

M. YamaguchiS. Kenin
Hard court7–750%6–1726%
Clay0–02–529%
Grass0–10%2–433%

Head to head

M. Yamaguchi 0–1 S. Kenin

  • 29/10/24Winner: Sofia Kenin4:6 4:6