Ai Sugiyama vs Kim Clijsters — San Diego Round of 32

San Diego · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2001
hard
BEL
Kim Clijsters
43 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLWW
Sugiyama A.
6-3 6-3
Clijsters K.
Sugiyama A.
662
Clijsters K.
33–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Kim Clijsters 6-3 6-3 in the San Diego round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kim Clijsters came in leading the head-to-head 6–2, defending last year's round of 32. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 6–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-08-29US OpenR32hardKim Clijsters6-1 6-4
2005-07-25StanfordR16hardKim Clijsters6-1 6-2
2003-06-23WimbledonR16grassKim Clijsters6-3 6-2
2003-05-12RomeSFclayKim Clijsters6-3 6-2
2003-02-24ScottsdaleFhardAi Sugiyama3-6 7-5 6-4
2001-03-08Indian WellsR16hardKim Clijsters6-4 4-6 6-2
2000-10-30LeipzigR32carpetKim Clijsters6-0 6-2
2000-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayAi Sugiyama6-2 3-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Clijsters K.

Clijsters K.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Serve advantage — Clijsters K.

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.Clijsters K.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
61%
Return points won·Even
45%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
2.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.0
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Clijsters K.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
42
71
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
87
Break points won·Clear edge
63
82
Deciding sets·Clear edge
53
75
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
49
66

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Seles M.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Hingis M.
6-36-4
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Testud S.
6-25-77-65
Williams V.
Tauziat N.
6-26-2
Seles M.
Capriati J.
6-36-3
Hingis M.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-4
R16
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
6-34-1
Hingis M.
Stevenson A.
6-16-3
Capriati J.
Dokic J.
6-46-2
Seles M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-1
Testud S.
Dementieva E.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Schett B.
6-17-5
Tauziat N.
Maleeva M.
6-25-76-2
Williams V.
Bedanova D.
6-16-3
R32
Tauziat N.
Petrova N.
7-647-65
Hingis M.
Osterloh L.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Bovina E.
6-16-2
Bedanova D.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-4
Maleeva M.
Bradshaw A.
6-17-5
Davenport L.
Cacic S.
6-36-3
Schett B.
Rubin C.
7-646-4
Testud S.
Grande R.
6-47-5
Dementieva E.
Weingartner M.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Dominikovic E.
6-36-4
Shaughnessy M.
Kremer A.
6-746-26-1
Dokic J.
Kandarr J.
7-617-5
Capriati J.
Asagoe S.
6-16-1
Sugiyama A.
Clijsters K.
6-36-3
Pratt N.
Kournikova A.
6-716-16-3
Stevenson A.
Frazier A.
6-15-76-4
R64
Bovina E.
Likhovtseva E.
7-55-3
Petrova N.
Garbin T.
5-2
Kandarr J.
Husarova J.
6-46-4
Bedanova D.
Fusai A.
6-06-2
Bradshaw A.
Hopkins J.
1-66-16-4
Cacic S.
Nguyen A.
6-26-3
Rubin C.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Grande R.
Tu M.
3-66-36-2
Weingartner M.
Tulyaganova I.
7-641-67-62
Dominikovic E.
Sfar S.
7-657-5
Kremer A.
Black C.
6-26-1
Asagoe S.
Sidot A.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Tanasugarn T.
4-67-636-2
Pratt N.
Nola P.
6-36-2
Stevenson A.
Brandi K.
7-656-0
Osterloh L.
Razzano V.
3-66-26-0