Ai Sugiyama vs Steffi Graf — San Diego Round of 16
San Diego · WTA · Round of 16
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 August 1998
hard
Sugiyama A.6-4 1-6 7-5
Graf S.
Sugiyama A.
6172
Graf S.
4651
Ai Sugiyama defeated Steffi Graf 6-4 1-6 7-5 in the San Diego round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Steffi Graf came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Steffi Graf in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.
Key context
- Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 7–5.
Head to head
0–4| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-05 | Indian Wells | R16 | hard | Steffi Graf | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1999-01-11 | Sydney | R32 | hard | Steffi Graf | 6-0 6-4 |
| 1998-11-02 | Leipzig | R16 | carpet | Steffi Graf | 6-4 6-3 |
| 1998-03-05 | Indian Wells | R16 | hard | Steffi Graf | 6-0 6-1 |
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-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Draw
Quarter-finals
Pierce M.
Williams V.
2-67-64-0
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Kruger J.
6-16-3
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-3
R16
Pierce M.
Martinez C.
6-76-26-3
Hingis M.
Zvereva N.
6-36-2
Kruger J.
Majoli I.
6-37-6
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Graf S.
6-41-67-5
Seles M.
Testud S.
7-67-5
Tauziat N.
Frazier A.
6-23-66-1
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
6-16-4
R32
Raymond L.
Likhovtseva E.
6-25-1
Sugiyama A.
Capriati J.
5-76-26-2
Graf S.
Halard Decugis J.
6-26-2
Zvereva N.
Lucic M.
7-66-3
Majoli I.
Fusai A.
7-66-3
Kruger J.
Spirlea I.
3-66-26-4
Martinez C.
Po Messerli K.
6-46-2
Pierce M.
Paulus B.
6-37-5
Rubin C.
Basuki Y.
6-06-1
Frazier A.
Lee J.
7-66-2
Tauziat N.
Wang S.
7-53-66-1
Testud S.
Stevenson A.
4-66-26-0