Ai Sugiyama vs Jana Novotna — Canadian Open Round of 32

Canadian Open · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 16 August 1999
hard
CZE
Jana Novotna
57 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
5-7 6-2 6-1
Novotna J.
Sugiyama A.
5662
Novotna J.
7211

Ai Sugiyama defeated Jana Novotna 5-7 6-2 6-1 in the Canadian Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jana Novotna came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's semi-final. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Jana Novotna in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-10-27Kremlin CupFcarpetJana Novotna6-3 6-4
1997-10-12ZurichR16hardJana Novotna6-0 6-7 6-2
1997-06-17EastbourneQFgrassJana Novotna6-2 6-7 6-4

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Novotna J.
1st serve in·
64%
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1st serve points won·
60%
—
2nd serve points won·
44%
—
Service points won·
54%
—
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.

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Seles M.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Sidot A.
6-36-4
Hingis M.
Pierce M.
7-66-3
Quarter-finals
Seles M.
Schett B.
6-33-66-1
Sidot A.
Coetzer A.
5-76-46-4
Pierce M.
Testud S.
6-16-3
Hingis M.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-1
R16
Seles M.
Likhovtseva E.
7-66-3
Testud S.
Talaja S.
6-47-6
Pierce M.
Huber A.
6-27-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Martinez C.
7-66-1
Hingis M.
Rubin C.
6-36-1
Sidot A.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-3
Coetzer A.
Lucic M.
4-67-66-2
Schett B.
Capriati J.
6-36-2
R32
Testud S.
Serna M.
6-43-66-3
Huber A.
Leon Garcia G.
6-36-1
Pierce M.
Dragomir Ilie R.
7-66-3
Sanchez Vicario A.
Habsudova K.
7-56-2
Martinez C.
Dokic J.
5-76-16-4
Rubin C.
Dechy N.
6-24-66-4
Hingis M.
Morariu C.
6-06-3
Seles M.
Panova T.
6-76-16-1
Likhovtseva E.
Drake M.
6-07-5
Schett B.
Kolbovic R.
6-36-1
Capriati J.
Tauziat N.
1-66-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Novotna J.
5-76-26-1
Sidot A.
Nagyova H.
6-46-2
Lucic M.
Pratt N.
4-66-26-3
Coetzer A.
Kruger J.
6-16-2
Talaja S.
Cocheteux A.
6-46-1
R64
Testud S.
De Swardt M.
6-4
Habsudova K.
Plischke S.
6-46-1
Rubin C.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-26-3
Dechy N.
Nejedly M.
1-66-16-0
Morariu C.
Farina Elia S.
7-56-4
Martinez C.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-36-1
Dokic J.
Majoli I.
6-36-4
Dragomir Ilie R.
Grzybowska M.
6-47-5
Leon Garcia G.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-36-0
Huber A.
Spirlea I.
6-26-1
Serna M.
Loit E.
6-36-0
Talaja S.
Tatarkova E.
4-66-46-1
Kruger J.
Torrens Valero C.
7-66-1
Pratt N.
Brandi K.
7-62-67-6
Lucic M.
Schnyder P.
6-36-76-3
Sidot A.
Frazier A.
6-33-67-5
Nagyova H.
Black C.
6-46-1
Sugiyama A.
Jeyaseelan S.
7-56-2
Capriati J.
Montolio A.
6-16-3
Kolbovic R.
Weingartner M.
6-26-1
Schett B.
Stevenson A.
6-27-5
Likhovtseva E.
Smashnova A.
3-66-26-1
Drake M.
Kremer A.
6-26-3
Panova T.
Zuluaga F.
6-46-3