Ai Sugiyama vs Kimberly Po Messerli — Eastbourne Round of 16
Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 16
0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 17 June 1997
grass
Sugiyama A.6-3 6-1
Po Messerli K.
Sugiyama A.
662
Po Messerli K.
31–
Ai Sugiyama defeated Kimberly Po Messerli 6-3 6-1 in the Eastbourne round of 16 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Kimberly Po Messerli 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 dropped just 4 games past Kimberly Po Messerli.
Head to head
1–2| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-07-21 | Stanford | R16 | hard | Kimberly Po Messerli | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1997-04-14 | Tokyo | SF | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 5-7 6-4 6-1 |
| 1997-01-13 | Australian Open | R64 | hard | Kimberly Po Messerli | 6-0 4-6 6-3 |
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.
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 65%
Draw
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Spirlea I.
6-46-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Seles M.
7-57-5
Zvereva N.
Tauziat N.
6-45-76-4
Novotna J.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-76-4
R16
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Farina Elia S.
4-66-16-2
Seles M.
Sawamatsu N.
6-27-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Guse K.
7-56-0
Zvereva N.
Majoli I.
6-27-5
Spirlea I.
Sidot A.
6-46-3
Tauziat N.
Williams V.
6-35-76-4
Novotna J.
Basuki Y.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Po Messerli K.
6-36-1
R32
Sugiyama A.
Siddall S.
6-25-78-6
Basuki Y.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0
Zvereva N.
Frazier A.
7-66-0
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-46-4
Tauziat N.
Fernandez M.
7-67-5
Spirlea I.
Gorrochategui I.
6-03-66-4
Sidot A.
Ahl L.
6-36-4
Guse K.
Wang S.
6-35-76-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Sukova H.
6-37-6
Po Messerli K.
Studenikova K.
0-67-66-2
Farina Elia S.
Raymond L.
7-56-4
Sawamatsu N.
Ward J.
6-27-5