H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Tamarine Tanasugarn vs Saori Obata H2H: 1-0

Tamarine Tanasugarn holds a 1–0 lead over Saori Obata in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Tamarine Tanasugarn leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Tamarine Tanasugarn won the 2001 Japan Women's Open quarterfinal 6-0 6-2.

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Tamarine Tanasugarn
THA Age 49 Right-Handed 165 cm / 5'5"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Saori Obata
JPN Age 48 Right-Handed 165 cm / 5'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Tamarine Tanasugarn #29 6-0 6-2 Saori Obata #119 Match data Oct 6, 2001* QF Japan Women's Open Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Tamarine Tanasugarn #947 #19 1,508 1,825 268 276 49.3% 0 0 0 0 4 4
Saori Obata #659 #39 836 1,666 42 77 35.3% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Tamarine Tanasugarn Saori Obata
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1993 0–1 0.0% #407 1,483 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1994 1–1 50.0% #227 1,493 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1995 2–5 28.6% #213 1,479 0 0 1996 0–2 0.0% #300 1,469 0 0
19 1996 9–5 64.3% #75 1,610 0 0 1997 0–1 0.0% #228 1,455 0 0
20 1997 18–20 47.4% #47 1,647 0 0 1998 0–1 0.0% #216 1,440 0 0
21 1998 20–21 48.8% #37 1,701 0 0 1999 0–1 0.0% #455 1,431 0 0
22 1999 8–13 38.1% #71 1,633 0 0 2000 2–2 50.0% #174 1,458 0 0
23 2000 31–19 62.0% #28 1,792 0 0 2001 6–8 42.9% #94 1,512 0 0
24 2001 24–21 53.3% #29 1,698 0 0 2002 3–14 17.6% #126 1,461 0 0
25 2002 32–26 55.2% #28 1,676 0 0 2003 18–17 51.4% #49 1,641 0 0
26 2003 28–23 54.9% #34 1,694 0 1 2004 8–19 29.6% #109 1,488 0 0
27 2004 19–25 43.2% #66 1,609 0 1 2005 4–9 30.8% #110 1,497 0 0
28 2005 7–16 30.4% #122 1,496 0 1 2006 1–3 25.0% #289 1,501 0 0
29 2006 9–7 56.2% #72 1,584 0 1 — — — — — — —
30 2007 9–18 33.3% #117 1,568 0 1 — — — — — — —
31 2008 19–16 54.3% #37 1,684 0 2 — — — — — — —
32 2009 10–12 45.5% #101 1,645 0 3 — — — — — — —
33 2010 14–9 60.9% #62 1,732 0 4 — — — — — — —
34 2011 4–10 28.6% #94 1,648 0 4 — — — — — — —
35 2012 4–7 36.4% #152 1,595 0 4 — — — — — — —
38 2015 0–1 0.0% #855 1,577 0 4 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Tamarine Tanasugarn Saori Obata
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 1993 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1994 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1995 2 5 7 28.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1996 8 4 12 66.7% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1997 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1997 12 11 23 52.2% 2 5 7 28.6% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1998 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1998 15 12 27 55.6% 1 5 6 16.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1999 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1999 3 8 11 27.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2000 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2000 19 12 31 61.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 9 3 12 75.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2001 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 2001 18 15 33 54.5% 0 3 3 0.0% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — 2002 2 10 12 16.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 2002 24 16 40 60.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2003 17 12 29 58.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2003 21 16 37 56.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 2 1 3 66.7% 2004 3 14 17 17.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 2004 13 18 31 41.9% 0 4 4 0.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2005 3 6 9 33.3% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
28 2005 3 10 13 23.1% 0 4 4 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2006 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2006 7 6 13 53.8% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 7 12 19 36.8% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 8 12 20 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 11 2 13 84.6% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 3 7 10 30.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 12 5 17 70.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2011 3 9 12 25.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2012 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2015 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 183 185 368 49.7% 12 47 59 20.3% 67 37 104 64.4% 6 7 13 46.2% — 32 57 89 36.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 6 10 16 37.5% 4 6 10 40.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 141/267 of Tamarine Tanasugarn's and 15/79 of Saori Obata's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Tamarine Tanasugarn Saori Obata
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
25 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2003 5/35 0.6 2.8 70.8% 52.6% 45.3% 51.2% 53.5% 50.3% 46.5%
26 2003 6/51 2.0 3.0 58.2% 61.2% 49.7% 35.8% 37.7% 56.3% 42.0% 2004 4/27 0.5 5.5 68.2% 52.6% 35.8% 38.5% 41.9% 46.6% 51.2%
27 2004 4/44 2.0 4.5 59.8% 53.6% 36.4% 48.4% 51.3% 46.9% 39.9% 2005 2/13 0.5 2.5 73.0% 62.2% 40.9% 41.1% 25.0% 56.4% 39.4%
28 2005 9/23 1.8 3.6 58.3% 59.8% 45.3% 40.8% 52.1% 53.8% 48.0% 2006 4/4 2.5 2.5 71.7% 60.6% 51.4% 57.3% 31.4% 56.9% 40.2%
29 2006 3/16 1.7 2.3 62.1% 59.8% 46.6% 49.0% 41.0% 55.0% 41.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 21/27 1.4 4.0 59.8% 57.8% 40.3% 47.2% 47.0% 50.7% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 30/35 1.1 2.9 62.5% 63.1% 46.1% 61.7% 50.8% 56.7% 42.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 20/22 0.8 3.4 65.8% 60.5% 46.3% 57.5% 47.3% 55.3% 42.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 22/23 1.0 3.1 68.1% 58.7% 51.5% 55.0% 56.2% 56.1% 48.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
34 2011 14/14 0.7 3.4 63.9% 56.7% 43.6% 34.9% 42.6% 51.9% 40.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2012 11/11 1.0 3.5 64.1% 52.1% 45.1% 43.9% 58.9% 49.2% 41.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2015 1/1 0.0 4.0 67.2% 51.3% 36.8% 50.0% 50.0% 46.6% 30.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 141/544 1.1 3.3 63.2% 59.0% 45.5% 50.7% 49.7% 53.9% 43.0% — 15/119 1.1 3.4 70.6% 56.0% 43.8% 48.1% 40.7% 51.9% 45.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Tamarine Tanasugarn Saori Obata
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 1993 1483 96.2 — — — — — — — 0.0% -1.50 — 0–1 — +0.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1994 1493 103.5 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.83 1–1 — — +0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1995 1479 101.3 — — — — +23 — — 29.4% -1.53 2–1 (67%) 1–2 (33%) 100.8 +0.28 1996 1469 96.7 — — — — — — — 33.3% -0.67 0–2 0–1 — +0.30
19 1996 1610 124.2 — — — — +2 — — 64.3% +1.21 0–2 1–3 (25%) — +0.66 1997 1455 92.2 — — — — — — — 0.0% -5.00 — — — +0.11
20 1997 1648 125.4 — — — — -4 -102 +9 48.3% -0.34 5–6 (45%) 3–2 (60%) 100.9 +1.65 1998 1440 95.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — +0.16
21 1998 1702 138.7 — — — — +13 -199 +25 48.9% -0.10 5–5 (50%) 3–4 (43%) 99.1 +1.91 1999 1431 100.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — -0.01
22 1999 1634 113.0 — — — — -11 -165 +110 40.8% -0.57 3–4 (43%) 3–2 (60%) 99.4 +0.52 2000 1459 104.9 — — — — +27 — — 44.4% -0.11 1–0 1–1 — +0.07
23 2000 1792 139.5 — — — — -52 -296 +110 59.5% +0.54 7–4 (64%) 6–7 (46%) 102.9 -1.30 2001 1512 122.7 — — — — +25 — — 46.9% +0.03 1–3 (25%) 1–2 (33%) 99.6 +0.30
24 2001 1698 135.6 — — — — +14 -272 +291 51.5% +0.09 8–9 (47%) 7–6 (54%) 97.5 +2.28 2002 1462 107.0 — — — — +2 — +91 24.3% -1.43 0–3 (0%) 0–4 (0%) 92.1 -0.56
25 2002 1677 130.8 — — — — +37 -232 +254 52.5% +0.01 15–10 (60%) 7–6 (54%) 101.9 +2.48 2003 1642 127.3 -1.91 +0.72 0.936 48.1% +4 — -106 51.3% +0.28 4–4 (50%) 1–5 (17%) 98.2 +0.14
26 2003 1695 137.1 +0.58 -0.37 0.961 48.9% +45 -272 +201 54.7% +0.32 7–8 (47%) 5–6 (45%) 97.4 +0.78 2004 1489 107.8 -2.44 +1.59 0.958 48.7% -21 — +92 33.3% -1.02 4–4 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 99.0 +1.03
27 2004 1610 121.0 -2.76 -1.27 0.751 43.8% -13 -221 +320 45.7% -0.05 2–8 (20%) 3–4 (43%) 92.4 +1.55 2005 1497 118.9 +0.68 -0.94 0.902 46.9% -7 — — 35.7% -0.25 0–2 1–2 (33%) — -0.13
28 2005 1497 98.5 -0.83 +0.77 1.037 50.9% -9 -166 +399 30.6% -1.35 2–1 (67%) 0–2 — +0.91 2006 1502 117.4 -0.93 -1.56 0.933 48.7% -13 — — 33.3% -1.00 0–1 — — -0.24
29 2006 1585 113.8 -0.78 -1.37 0.927 47.9% -34 — +318 52.8% +0.56 3–3 (50%) 1–3 (25%) 98.4 +0.99 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2007 1569 117.4 -2.84 -1.65 0.822 45.7% 0 -212 — 29.8% -1.54 4–3 (57%) 2–1 (67%) 103.0 -2.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2008 1684 130.6 +1.07 -0.63 0.987 49.9% -102 — +348 53.2% -0.05 5–4 (56%) 5–1 (83%) 104.5 -1.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2009 1646 112.2 -0.30 -0.53 0.953 49.0% -110 -287 +344 46.9% -0.18 2–3 (40%) 2–1 (67%) 99.3 -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2010 1732 129.8 +0.24 +3.07 1.101 52.2% -26 — +172 55.8% +0.65 5–1 (83%) 2–2 (50%) 104.9 -0.51 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 2011 1648 112.1 -1.46 -2.12 0.832 45.7% -16 — — 28.6% -1.57 — — — -0.69 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2012 1595 100.2 -3.00 -1.41 0.812 45.8% +29 — — 31.8% -1.59 1–1 1–1 — -0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2015 1577 97.4 -0.66 -2.32 0.578 38.9% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — 0–1 — +0.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1825 132.1 -0.71 -0.34 0.932 48.5% -6 -214 +226 48.6% -0.13 77–74 (51%) 52–55 (49%) 98.6 +1.57 — 1666 120.5 -1.44 +0.12 0.938 48.3% +1 — +31 38.9% -0.51 10–19 (34%) 5–17 (23%) 89.2 +0.98

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.