WTAHardChennai2026-10-31 13:30

Mei Yamaguchi v Zeel Desai

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M. YamaguchiLWLLL

Z. DesaiLLLWL

Last five completed matches, most recent first.

Head to head

First career meetingNo previous matches between these two on record.

This season & this event

M. Yamaguchi

Z. Desai

19-24

18-22

Lost R16 to J. Garland

Did not play

2026 record

2026 on hard

Here in 2025

Here in 2024

27-17

19-13

Did not play

Ranking points fall off a year after they are earned, so a player who went deep here last year must match it or drop in the rankings. That shapes effort in a way the price does not always show.

The players

Mei Yamaguchi

Japan

Zeel Desai

India

293

Japan

8–10

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Ranking

Age

Country

2026 W/L

Titles

Hard

Clay

Grass

565

India

16–5

9–3

6–2

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Ranking, record and surface splits are for the most recent season on file. Height, weight and handedness are not published by our data provider.

M. Yamaguchi — last 10

With the pre-match price we recorded at the time.

Date	Event	Surface	Opponent	Their price	Market	Result
2026-10-25	Guangzhou	Hard	H. Dart	5.44	82%	LOST
Games in each set2-6 1-6 YamaguchiDartPoints won35%65%Serve points won34%63%Return points won37%66%Games held2 of 86 of 7Break points saved1 of 71 of 2Aces01Double faults31
2026-10-24	Guangzhou	Hard	L. Fruhvirtova	4.27	77%	WON
Games in each set2-6 6-2 7-6 YamaguchiFruhvirtovaPoints won50%50%Serve points won57%56%Return points won44%43%Games held9 of 149 of 14Break points saved5 of 104 of 9Aces25Double faults09
2026-10-17	Osaka	Hard	S. Kenin	5.67	83%	LOST
Games in each set6-2 0-6 1-6 YamaguchiKeninPoints won44%56%Serve points won48%61%Return points won39%52%Games held4 of 117 of 10Break points saved4 of 110 of 3Aces73Double faults54
2026-09-28	Jingshan	Hard	W. Zheng	—	—	LOST
Games in each set1-6 3-6 YamaguchiZhengPoints won36%64%Serve points won41%70%Return points won30%59%Games held3 of 87 of 8Break points saved1 of 60 of 1Aces00Double faults22
2026-09-22	Singapore	Hard (Indoor)	A. Parks	—	—	LOST
Games in each set4-6 3-6 YamaguchiParksPoints won43%57%Serve points won51%63%Return points won37%49%Games held5 of 98 of 10Break points saved4 of 85 of 7Aces18Double faults18
2026-09-20	Singapore	Hard (Indoor)	K. Okamura	1.53	63%	LOST
Games in each set1-6 1-6 YamaguchiOkamuraPoints won30%70%Serve points won36%76%Return points won24%64%Games held1 of 76 of 7Break points saved3 of 91 of 2Aces01Double faults12
2026-09-19	Singapore	Hard (Indoor)	U. Eikeri	1.20	80%	WON
Games in each set6-1 6-4 YamaguchiEikeriPoints won59%41%Serve points won62%45%Return points won55%38%Games held7 of 93 of 8Break points saved4 of 66 of 11Aces14Double faults37
2026-09-08	W50 Guiyang	Hard	T. Kokkinis	1.65	56%	LOST
Games in each set6-4 6-7 1-6 YamaguchiKokkinisPoints won51%49%Serve points won68%65%Return points won35%32%Games held12 of 1514 of 15Break points saved3 of 52 of 3
2026-09-03	W75 Tianjin (China)	Hard	Z. Bai	—	—	LOST
Games in each set6-3 1-6 0-6 YamaguchiBaiPoints won44%56%Serve points won50%61%Return points won39%50%Games held5 of 129 of 11Break points saved3 of 94 of 6
2026-09-01	W75 Tianjin (China)	Hard	D. Back	2.82	66%	WON
Games in each set6-2 6-1 YamaguchiBackPoints won63%37%Serve points won70%44%Return points won56%30%Games held8 of 92 of 7Break points saved4 of 50 of 5

Z. Desai — last 10

With the pre-match price we recorded at the time.

Date	Event	Surface	Opponent	Their price	Market	Result
2026-10-07	W35 Villeneuve d'Ascq	Hard	K. Veldman	2.63	64%	LOST
Games in each set0-6 4-6 DesaiVeldmanPoints won43%57%Serve points won47%62%Return points won38%53%Games held3 of 87 of 8Break points saved4 of 91 of 2
2026-09-29	W35 Reims	Hard	A. Monnot	6.55	86%	LOST
Games in each set1-6 1-6 DesaiMonnotPoints won32%68%Serve points won32%67%Return points won33%68%Games held1 of 86 of 7Break points saved0 of 62 of 3
2026-09-17	W35 Hurghada 2 (Egypt)	Hard	A. A. Ceuca	—	—	LOST
Games in each set5-7 6-7 DesaiCeucaPoints won50%50%Serve points won52%51%Return points won49%48%Games held5 of 127 of 13Break points saved3 of 103 of 9
2026-09-16	W35 Hurghada 2 (Egypt)	Hard	T. Vlajic	1.19	77%	WON
Games in each set7-5 7-5 DesaiVlajicPoints won55%45%Serve points won63%51%Return points won49%37%Games held9 of 127 of 12Break points saved2 of 46 of 11
2026-09-10	W15 Hurghada 8 (Egypt)	Hard	I. Marinkovic	—	—	LOST
Games in each set4-6 1-6 DesaiMarinkovicPoints won39%61%Serve points won46%66%Return points won34%54%Games held4 of 88 of 9Break points saved2 of 54 of 5
2026-09-09	W15 Hurghada 8 (Egypt)	Hard	S. Ronde	1.06	91%	WON
Games in each set6-2 6-3 DesaiRondePoints won59%41%Serve points won60%43%Return points won57%40%Games held6 of 83 of 9Break points saved0 of 20 of 5
2026-08-14	W15 Astana 5 (Kazakhstan)	Hard	H. Arakawa	2.15	57%	LOST
Games in each set3-6 3-6 DesaiArakawaPoints won43%57%Serve points won47%62%Return points won38%53%Games held4 of 97 of 9Break points saved4 of 90 of 2
2026-08-13	W15 Astana 5 (Kazakhstan)	Hard	L. Rabl	1.32	72%	WON
Games in each set6-4 4-6 7-5 DesaiRablPoints won51%49%Serve points won54%53%Return points won47%46%Games held10 of 169 of 16Break points saved10 of 162 of 9
2026-08-11	W15 Astana 5 (Kazakhstan)	Hard	M. Mikhaylova	—	—	WON
Games in each set6-4 6-3
2026-08-07	W15 Astana 4 (Kazakhstan)	Hard	A. Pushkareva	4.52	79%	LOST
Games in each set6-3 1-6 4-6

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