Ai Sugiyama vs Saori Obata — Memphis Round of 32

Memphis · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 17 February 2002
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Sugiyama A.
7-6 6-4
Obata S.
Sugiyama A.
7862
Obata S.
664–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Saori Obata 7-6 6-4 in the Memphis round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-01-19Australian OpenR64hardSaori Obata6-4 6-4
2003-08-04Los AngelesR32hardAi Sugiyama2-6 6-3 6-3
2002-09-09ShanghaiR32hardAi Sugiyama6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving58% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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.Obata S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
52%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
46%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Raymond L.
Stevenson A.
4-66-37-69
Semi-finals
Raymond L.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-1
Stevenson A.
Jidkova A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Jidkova A.
Nejedly J.
7-656-2
Raymond L.
Craybas J.
6-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-06-4
Stevenson A.
Talaja S.
6-14-66-2
R16
Talaja S.
Selyutina I.
W/O
Serra Zanetti A.
De Lone E.
6-736-36-4
Jidkova A.
Coetzer A.
6-37-65
Nejedly J.
Hopkins J.
6-44-66-1
Stevenson A.
Cho Y.
6-24-66-3
Raymond L.
Gubacsi Z.
6-16-1
Craybas J.
Kapros A.
2-66-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Asagoe S.
6-27-63
R32
Selyutina I.
Pitts N.
6-46-2
Serra Zanetti A.
Lucic M.
6-03-66-2
Jidkova A.
Reeves S.
6-23-66-2
Gubacsi Z.
Pelletier M.
6-33-66-0
Craybas J.
Barna A.
6-42-66-4
Kapros A.
Irvin M.
6-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Obata S.
7-666-4
Asagoe S.
Pennetta F.
6-46-2
De Lone E.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-26-4
Nejedly J.
Noorlander S.
7-636-2
Hopkins J.
Glass A.
6-46-4
Stevenson A.
Zvonareva V.
7-644-67-65
Cho Y.
Taylor S.
6-37-65
Talaja S.
Prakusya W.
6-06-1