Ai Sugiyama vs Barbara Paulus — Sydney Quarter-final

Sydney · WTA · Quarter-final
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
AUT
Barbara Paulus
55 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-1 7-6
Paulus B.
Sugiyama A.
672
Paulus B.
16–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Barbara Paulus 6-1 7-6 in the Sydney quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Paulus B.
1st 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
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. 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