Harriet Dart beat Aoi Ito 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 in the Osaka qualifying final on October 18, 2026. The fifth qualifying seed lost the second-set tiebreak 6-8, then took the decider to reach the WTA 250 main draw.
Tennis.com records Ito landing 83 of 100 first serves. She won 40 of those 83 points, or 48%, leaving Dart with 43 points won against the first serve.
Dart landed 58 of 98 first serves and won 37 of those points, about 64%. Ito led in first-serve frequency, while Dart won a larger share of the points played behind a successful first serve.
Their previous listed meeting was the Cincinnati qualifying final on August 13, 2026, won by Dart 6-3, 6-4. Osaka required three sets before she secured another main-draw place.
