Venus Williams vs Ai Sugiyama — Gold Coast Quarter-final
Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
#664WTA
1654ELO
1617Hard ELO
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 1 January 2002 ·
hard
Williams V.6-2 6-4
Sugiyama A.
Williams V.
662
Sugiyama A.
240
Venus Williams defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-4 in the Gold Coast quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 7–0, defending the title. Venus Williams extended the head-to-head to 8–0.
Key context
- Match story: Venus Williams dropped just 6 games past Ai Sugiyama.
Head to head
7–0| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-12-30 | Gold Coast | QF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2000-10-14 | Linz | R16 | hard | Venus Williams | 7-5 6-2 |
| 2000-06-26 | Wimbledon | R64 | grass | Venus Williams | 6-1 6-4 |
| 1999-02-15 | Hanover | R16 | carpet | Venus Williams | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1998-05-25 | Roland Garros | R64 | clay | Venus Williams | 6-0 6-2 |
| 1998-01-11 | Sydney | SF | hard | Venus Williams | 6-1 7-6 |
| 1997-03-07 | Indian Wells | R32 | hard | Venus Williams | 3-6 6-3 6-2 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
4.8
5.0
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 170). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Slight edge
44
37
Break points saved·Even
34
36
Break points won·Dominant
91
61
Deciding sets·Dominant
27
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
46
Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About