Ai Sugiyama vs Sabine Appelmans — Hope Island Quarter-final
Hope Island · WTA · Quarter-final
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 December 1996
hard
Sugiyama A.6-2 3-6 7-6
Appelmans S.
Sugiyama A.
6372
Appelmans S.
2661
Ai Sugiyama defeated Sabine Appelmans 6-2 3-6 7-6 in the Hope Island quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sabine Appelmans came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.
Key context
- Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 7–6.
Head to head
1–2| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-21 | Moscow | R32 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 6-3 7-6(5) |
| 2000-10-09 | Zurich | R32 | hard | Sabine Appelmans | 6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 1999-05-03 | Rome | R64 | clay | Sabine Appelmans | 7-5 6-4 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
64%
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1st serve points won·
60%
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2nd serve points won·
44%
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Service points won·
54%
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Return points won·
45%
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Break points saved·
55%
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Aces / match·
1.1
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Double faults / match·
5.0
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Draw
Quarter-finals
Likhovtseva E.
Mcquillan R.
3-66-37-6
Sugiyama A.
Appelmans S.
6-23-67-6
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Serna M.
6-16-4
Sidot A.
Carlsson A.
6-26-2
R16
Carlsson A.
Paulus B.
5-0
Serna M.
Ellwood A.
6-36-4
Sidot A.
Kandarr J.
6-46-4
Appelmans S.
Dechy N.
5-77-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Grande R.
6-76-26-3
Mcquillan R.
Rittner B.
7-56-4
Likhovtseva E.
Cristea C.
6-36-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Oremans M.
7-66-0
R32
Sidot A.
Studenikova K.
6-4
Mcquillan R.
Wang S.
6-76-46-3
Sugiyama A.
Smith N.
5-76-16-1
Grande R.
Kijimuta N.
6-26-1
Dechy N.
Callens E.
6-46-2
Oremans M.
Werdel Witmeyer M.
4-66-46-4
Cristea C.
Sukova H.
6-46-4
Serna M.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-47-6
Likhovtseva E.
Suarez P.
6-17-5
Ellwood A.
Hack S.
7-56-2
Carlsson A.
Miller A.
7-66-3
Kandarr J.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Appelmans S.
Testud S.
6-46-4
Rittner B.
Farina Elia S.
7-56-4