Venus Williams vs Ai SugiyamaIndian Wells Round of 32

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 32
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1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Friday, 7 March 1997 ·
hard
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Williams V.
3-6 6-3 6-2
Sugiyama A.
Williams V.
3662
Sugiyama A.
6321

Venus Williams defeated Ai Sugiyama 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the Indian Wells round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 6–0. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 7–0.

Key context

Head to head

60
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-12-30Gold CoastQFhardVenus Williams6-2 6-4
2000-10-14LinzR16hardVenus Williams7-5 6-2
2000-06-26WimbledonR64grassVenus Williams6-1 6-4
1999-02-15HanoverR16carpetVenus Williams6-4 7-5
1998-05-25Roland GarrosR64clayVenus Williams6-0 6-2
1998-01-11SydneySFhardVenus Williams6-1 7-6

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
49
43
Break points saved·Even
36
37
Break points won·Dominant
94
66
Deciding sets·Dominant
25
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
44

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw