Ai Sugiyama vs Conchita Martinez — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
ESP
Conchita Martinez
54 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLLWW
Sugiyama A.
7-6 6-3
Martinez C.
Sugiyama A.
762
Martinez C.
63–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Conchita Martinez 7-6 6-3 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Conchita Martinez came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Conchita Martinez in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-03-31SarasotaR32clayConchita Martinez6-2 7-5
2000-05-29Roland GarrosR16clayConchita Martinez5-7 6-3 6-4
1998-05-11BerlinQFgrassConchita Martinez6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving58% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Martinez C.

Martinez C.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

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. About

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Martinez C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
2.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.0
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 18). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams V.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Sugiyama A.
6-17-6
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams S.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Maleeva M.
6-26-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Zvereva N.
6-16-2
Sugiyama A.
Paulus B.
6-17-6
Williams S.
Davenport L.
1-67-57-5
R16
Williams S.
Testud S.
7-63-0
Williams V.
Hingis M.
3-66-47-5
Davenport L.
Kournikova A.
6-26-76-3
Zvereva N.
Coetzer A.
6-76-37-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Lee J.
6-23-66-3
Sugiyama A.
Martinez C.
7-66-3
Paulus B.
Spirlea I.
6-21-66-3
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
6-31-66-4
R32
Williams V.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-4
Lee J.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-01-1
Testud S.
Guse K.
6-16-2
Kournikova A.
Basuki Y.
6-43-0
Maleeva M.
Appelmans S.
6-11-66-3
Rubin C.
Huber A.
6-26-3
Paulus B.
Oremans M.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Lubiani F.
6-17-6
Martinez C.
Leon Garcia G.
6-26-3
Sanchez Vicario A.
Habsudova K.
7-56-4
Zvereva N.
Mcquillan R.
6-27-5
Williams S.
Lucic M.
3-66-47-5