Naoko Kijimuta vs Ai Sugiyama — Strasbourg Round of 16
Strasbourg · WTA · Round of 16
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 May 1997
clay
Kijimuta N.5-7 6-4 6-4
Sugiyama A.
Kijimuta N.
5662
Sugiyama A.
7441
Naoko Kijimuta defeated Ai Sugiyama 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the Strasbourg round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Naoko Kijimuta claimed a first win over Ai Sugiyama in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.
Key context
- Match story: Naoko Kijimuta dropped the opening set before beating Ai Sugiyama 5–7 6–4 6–4.
Head to head
0–1| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-07 | Indian Wells | R64 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 6-4 6-7 7-6 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
—
64%
1st serve points won·
—
60%
2nd serve points won·
—
44%
Service points won·
—
54%
Return points won·
—
45%
Break points saved·
—
55%
Aces / match·
—
1.1
Double faults / match·
—
5.0
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Draw
Quarter-finals
Wiesner J.
Appelmans S.
6-36-4
Lucic M.
Zvereva N.
7-56-3
Coetzer A.
Kijimuta N.
6-26-3
Graf S.
Testud S.
3-66-26-1
R16
Zvereva N.
Davenport L.
3-67-66-2
Lucic M.
Tauziat N.
6-13-67-5
Wiesner J.
Mauresmo A.
3-67-56-2
Appelmans S.
Tanasugarn T.
6-46-76-1
Kijimuta N.
Sugiyama A.
5-76-46-4
Coetzer A.
Sidot A.
7-56-4
Testud S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0
Graf S.
Hy Boulais P.
6-36-2
R32
Tanasugarn T.
Suarez P.
6-25-76-3
Testud S.
Perfetti F.
6-46-3
Likhovtseva E.
Fusai A.
6-36-2
Coetzer A.
Sawamatsu N.
6-16-2
Sidot A.
Diaz Oliva M.
7-66-2
Sugiyama A.
Babel M.
7-67-6
Kijimuta N.
Maleeva M.
7-53-66-1
Appelmans S.
Courtois L.
6-06-3
Mauresmo A.
Cacic S.
6-26-4
Zvereva N.
Randriantefy D.
6-26-2
Lucic M.
Begerow P.
6-24-66-2
Tauziat N.
Wang S.
7-61-66-2
Wiesner J.
Studenikova K.
4-66-06-4
Hy Boulais P.
Sukova H.
3-66-46-4