Matteo Arnaldi def. Rei Sakamoto — Round of 32, Japan Open Tennis Championships 2026

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Played30 Sep 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇮🇹ranked ATP number 37 going into this drawWon

Matteo Arnaldi 2 6 6

🇯🇵ranked ATP number 133 going into this draw

Rei Sakamoto 6 4 4

🇮🇹M. ArnaldiMatteo ArnaldivR. SakamotoRei Sakamoto🇯🇵

🇮🇹Matteo Arnaldi

🇯🇵Rei Sakamoto

Head to head

2–0 Arnaldi

  1. This matchTokyo R32won by Arnaldi
  2. 2025HardShanghai R128won by Arnaldi

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

2–8

Last 10 matches

2–6

0–1

Last 30 days

1–1

By surface

1–4

Hard

1–1

8–5

Clay

–

0–2

Grass

–

By round

1–5

R32

–

2–0

R16

–

4–7

First match at an event

1–0

0–1

At ATP 500s

–

How their matches go

17

Completed matches

2

0%

Won in straight sets

0%

47%

Won after losing a set

50%

35%

Lost after winning a set

0%

18%

Lost in straight sets

50%

7–7

Tiebreaks

0–2

6–4

Deciding sets

1–0

6/9

Won after winning set 1

1/1

2/8

Won after losing set 1

0/1

Serve and return, last 5 matches

54%

1st serve in

64%

75%

1st serve points won

74%

38%

2nd serve points won

55%

56%

Break points saved

54%

36%

Return points won

31%

43%

Break points won

30%

6.2

Aces a match

17.4

4.8

Double faults a match

2.4

Last 14 days

0

Matches

0

0

Sets

0

30

Days since last match

28

Last 10 matches going in

LatestMatteo ArnaldiRei Sakamoto
1Lost🇦🇺J. DuckworthJames DuckworthNo. 79No. 79 · 31 AugNew York R128 · 31 AugLost🇺🇸F. TiafoeFrances TiafoeNo. 12No. 12 · 2 SepNew York R64 · 2 Sep
2Lost🇪🇸M. LandaluceMartin LandaluceNo. 67No. 67 · 15 AugCincinnati R64 · 15 AugWon🇦🇺A. VukicAleksandar VukicNo. 95No. 95 · 31 AugNew York R128 · 31 Aug
3Lost🇳🇱T. GriekspoorTallon GriekspoorNo. 67No. 67 · 7 AugCanada R32 · 7 AugLost🇷🇺D. MedvedevDaniil MedvedevNo. 11No. 11 · 21 MarMiami R64 · 21 Mar
4Won🇭🇺F. MarozsanFabian MarozsanNo. 55No. 55 · 5 AugCanada R64 · 5 AugWon🇺🇸A. KovacevicAleksandar KovacevicNo. 72No. 72 · 20 MarMiami R128 · 20 Mar
5Lost🇮🇹L. MusettiLorenzo MusettiNo. 15No. 15 · 27 JulWashington R32 · 27 JulLost🇪🇸R. JodarRafael JodarNo. 150No. 150 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 Jan
6Lost🇧🇦D. DzumhurDamir DzumhurNo. 105No. 105 · 16 JulUmag QF · 16 JulLost🇮🇹L. SonegoLorenzo SonegoNo. 40No. 40 · 6 JanHong Kong R32 · 6 Jan
7Won🇦🇷F. GomezFederico Agustin GomezNo. 212No. 212 · 15 JulUmag R16 · 15 JulLost🇮🇹M. ArnaldiMatteo ArnaldiNo. 73No. 73 · 2 OctShanghai R128 · 2 Oct
8Lost🇫🇷Q. HalysQuentin HalysNo. 101No. 101 · 30 JunLondon R128 · 30 JunLost🇫🇷A. MullerAlexandre MullerNo. 44No. 44 · 19 MarMiami R128 · 19 Mar
9Lost🇬🇧G. HusseyGiles HusseyR32 · 23 JunEastbourne R32 · 23 Jun
10Lost🇮🇹F. CobolliFlavio CobolliNo. 12No. 12 · 5 JunParis SF · 5 Jun