Ai Sugiyama vs Rita Grande — Hope Island Round of 16

Hope Island · WTA · Round of 16

JPN

Ai Sugiyama

51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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2 — 1

Sets

Monday, 30 December 1996

hard

ITA

Rita Grande

51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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Sugiyama A.

6-7 6-2 6-3

Grande R.

Sugiyama A.

6662

Grande R.

7231

Ai Sugiyama defeated Rita Grande 6-7 6-2 6-3 in the Hope Island round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Match story: Ai Sugiyama dropped the opening set before beating Rita Grande 6–7 6–2 6–3.

Head to head

2–1

Date	Tournament	Round	Surface	Winner	Score
2003-01-27	Tokyo	R32	hard	Ai Sugiyama	6-1 4-6 6-2
2001-10-08	Shanghai	QF	hard	Rita Grande	6-7(3) 7-5 1-0 RET
2001-05-07	Berlin	R64	grass	Ai Sugiyama	6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season

Sugiyama A.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season

Sugiyama A.Grande R.

1st serve in·Slight edge

64%

69%

1st serve points won·Even

60%

62%

2nd serve points won·Even

44%

42%

Service points won·Even

54%

56%

Return points won·Even

45%

43%

Break points saved·Even

55%

58%

Aces / match·Even

1.1

1.6

Double faults / match·Dominant

5.0

1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final

Semi-finals

Quarter-finals

R16

Sugiyama A.

Grande R.

6-76-26-3

R32