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Kimberly Birrell #150 def. Sara Saito #179

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 2024*
Tournament	Osaka
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kimberly Birrell
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Sara Saito

Stat	Kimberly Birrell	Sara Saito
Aces	2	2
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	70	69
First serve points won %	67	57
Second serve points won %	68	55
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kimberly Birrell	Sara Saito
Country	AUS	JPN
Birth date	Apr 29, 1998	Oct 3, 2006
Age	26	18
Height	170	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	150	179
Ranking points (entering)	495	403
Elo (entering)	1,673	1,561
Career W-L	47–57	2–3
Career earnings	$2,882,052	$306,263

Pre-match H2H

Kimberly Birrell 0 – 0 Sara Saito

Path

Kimberly Birrell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2024	R16	Elise Mertens	3-6 7-5 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2024	R32	Saisai Zheng	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2024	Q2	Jessika Ponchet	7-5 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2024	Q1	Sayaka Ishii	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kimberly Birrell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2024	SF	Aoi Ito	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sara Saito's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2024	R16	Elina Avanesyan	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2024	R32	Jessica Bouzas Maneiro	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data