Osaka v Kerber
WTA Tour 2018
Lineball analyst8–5
Naomi Osaka takes it, 8–5 on categories
Osaka wins on first-serve points won %. Kerber’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2018: Osaka 62 matches, Kerber 65 matches.
- Osaka averages 4.9 aces a match to Kerber’s 1.6 — 3.1 times as many.
- Osaka has the better first-serve points won %: 70.5 to Kerber’s 64.8.
- Kerber has the better first serve in %: 63.9 to Osaka’s 59.1.
- Osaka ranks 5th of 95 in WTA Tour 2018 for first-serve points won %.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
- 0.02 total · best 1#11 of 32Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1#12 of 32
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 59.1#71 of 95First serve in %63.9#32 of 95
- 70.5#5 of 95First-serve points won %64.8#40 of 95
- 59.3#11 of 95Break points saved %57.7#26 of 95
- 44.1#38 of 95Return points won %
Head to head
27 matches
since 20175
since 20175
- Hard · 5 matchesOsaka 2Kerber 3
- Clay · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
- Grass · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesOsaka 1Kerber 1
Last meetings
- 29 July 2024 · Paris Olympics · Round of 64 · ClayKerber won 7-5 6-3
- 21 Mar 2022 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardOsaka won 6-2 6-3
- 22 Oct 2018 · Singapore · Round robin · HardKerber won 6-4 5-7 6-4
- 2 July 2018 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassKerber won 6-2 6-4
- 2 Oct 2017 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardKerber won 6-2 7-5
- 18 Sept 2017 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · HardKerber won 6-3 6-4
- 28 Aug 2017 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardOsaka won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2018.
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