Kimberly Po Messerli vs Ai Sugiyama — Stanford Round of 16
Stanford · WTA · Round of 16
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 July 1997
hard
Po Messerli K.6-3 6-1
Sugiyama A.
Po Messerli K.
662
Sugiyama A.
31–
Kimberly Po Messerli defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-1 in the Stanford round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, but Kimberly Po Messerli had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on hard. Kimberly Po Messerli narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.
Key context
- Match story: Kimberly Po Messerli dropped just 4 games past Ai Sugiyama.
Head to head
1–2| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-06-17 | Eastbourne | R16 | grass | Ai Sugiyama | 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%
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
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Draw
Quarter-finals
Martinez C.
Seles M.
7-66-4
Coetzer A.
Po Messerli K.
7-56-4
Davenport L.
Likhovtseva E.
7-66-3
Hingis M.
Wild L.
6-16-76-3
R16
Seles M.
Grande R.
6-26-1
Likhovtseva E.
Raymond L.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Maleeva M.
6-16-2
Wild L.
Kremer A.
6-36-4
Po Messerli K.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-1
Davenport L.
Cacic S.
6-26-2
Coetzer A.
Tu M.
6-26-0
Martinez C.
Frazier A.
6-16-1
R32
Wild L.
Mcneil L.
6-47-5
Sugiyama A.
Miller A.
6-22-66-3
Tu M.
De Lone E.
7-55-76-0
Martinez C.
Drake Brockman S.
6-36-2
Frazier A.
Kijimuta N.
4-66-06-0
Grande R.
Barabanschikova O.
6-47-6
Maleeva M.
Nejedly J.
6-06-3
Kremer A.
Pierce M.
3-66-16-4
Cacic S.
Grossman A.
6-26-2
Likhovtseva E.
Hy Boulais P.
6-36-2
Raymond L.
Lubiani F.
6-46-3
Po Messerli K.
Schnitzer M.
6-26-4