Men's singles
Christo Popov vs Kodai Naraoka
Head to head
Christo Popov leads the head to head 5-2 against Kodai Naraoka. Their last meeting was in the quarter-finals of French Open 2026, where Christo Popov won 21-15 21-16.
All meetings
| 23 Oct 2026 | French Open 2026 Super 750 · Quarter-finals |
Popov 21-15 21-16 |
| 4 Sept 2026 | China Masters 2026 Super 750 · Quarter-finals |
Popov 21-10 21-14 |
| 18 Jul 2026 | Japan Open 2026 Super 750 · Semi-finals |
Popov 21-14 21-11 |
| 20 Dec 2025 | World Tour Finals 2025 World Tour Finals · Semi-finals |
Popov 21-19 21-8 |
| 18 Jul 2025 | Japan Open 2025 Super 750 · Quarter-finals |
Popov 18-21 21-13 21-8 |
| 8 Jan 2025 | Malaysia Open 2025 Super 1000 · Round of 32 |
Naraoka 23-21 21-9 |
| 10 Jan 2024 | Malaysia Open 2024 Super 1000 · Round of 32 |
Naraoka 21-15 21-7 |
Christo Popov: last matches
| 24 Oct 2026 | W Hu Zhe An French Open 2026 · Semi-finals |
21-14 21-10 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | W Kodai Naraoka French Open 2026 · Quarter-finals |
21-15 21-16 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | W Rasmus Gemke French Open 2026 · Round of 16 |
21-18 15-21 21-18 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | W Arnaud Merkle French Open 2026 · Round of 32 |
21-17 21-7 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | L Anders Antonsen Denmark Open 2026 · Semi-finals |
21-9 16-21 13-21 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | W Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul Denmark Open 2026 · Round of 16 |
18-21 21-16 21-16 |
Kodai Naraoka: last matches
| 23 Oct 2026 | L Christo Popov French Open 2026 · Quarter-finals |
15-21 16-21 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | W Ayush Shetty French Open 2026 · Round of 16 |
21-17 11-6 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | L Yudai Okimoto Denmark Open 2026 · Round of 16 |
16-21 14-21 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | W Chi Yu Jen Denmark Open 2026 · Round of 32 |
22-20 21-11 |
| 4 Sept 2026 | L Christo Popov China Masters 2026 · Quarter-finals |
10-21 14-21 |
| 3 Sept 2026 | W Brian Yang China Masters 2026 · Round of 16 |
21-16 21-11 |
About this page
The head to head counts every match between the two at BWF World Tour tournaments and the World Championships since January 2023. In the row of recent results, the newest match is to the right. The odds come from our own rating of every player and pair and have no bookmaker margin.
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