Monica Seles vs Ai Sugiyama — San Diego Round of 16

San Diego · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 July 1997
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Seles M.
6-4 6-4
Sugiyama A.
Seles M.
662
Sugiyama A.
44–

Monica Seles defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-4 6-4 in the San Diego round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 8–0. Monica Seles extended the head-to-head to 9–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Seles edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

8–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-01-27TokyoR16hardMonica Seles7-5 5-7 6-1
2002-06-24WimbledonR32grassMonica Seles4-6 6-1 6-4
2002-03-06Indian WellsR16hardMonica Seles6-0 6-1
2001-10-01Japan OpenSFhardMonica Seles7-5 6-4
1999-09-20TokyoSFhardMonica Seles6-3 7-6
1999-08-30US OpenR32hardMonica Seles6-2 6-3
1998-11-09PhiladelphiaR16carpetMonica Seles6-3 7-5
1998-08-03San DiegoQFhardMonica Seles6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Seles M.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Seles M.

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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
50%
60%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
26%
44%
Service points won·Clear edge
39%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Clear edge
40%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
12.0
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Seles M.
7-66-4
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Coetzer A.
6-36-4
Hingis M.
Pierce M.
6-06-2
Quarter-finals
Hingis M.
Martinez C.
6-46-4
Seles M.
Zvereva N.
6-16-3
Coetzer A.
Basuki Y.
6-36-4
Pierce M.
Testud S.
6-36-2
R16
Testud S.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-2
Martinez C.
Sukova H.
6-16-0
Hingis M.
Williams V.
6-26-1
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-4
Zvereva N.
Spirlea I.
6-26-0
Coetzer A.
Sidot A.
6-26-1
Basuki Y.
Huber A.
6-22-66-2
Pierce M.
Tauziat N.
6-26-1
R32
Sukova H.
Rubin C.
7-53-0
Huber A.
Maleeva M.
7-51-66-3
Sugiyama A.
Stevenson A.
6-36-1
Zvereva N.
Po Messerli K.
7-62-66-1
Spirlea I.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-3
Sidot A.
Drake Brockman S.
7-56-3
Basuki Y.
Miller A.
6-16-3
Williams V.
Labat F.
6-36-2
Martinez C.
Raymond L.
6-33-66-1
Testud S.
Carlsson A.
6-16-2
Tauziat N.
Grande R.
7-56-1
Pierce M.
Frazier A.
6-36-76-3