Nicole Pratt vs Ai Sugiyama — Scottsdale Round of 16

Scottsdale · WTA · Round of 16
AUS
Nicole Pratt
53 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2002
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Pratt N.
6-2 6-1
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
662
Sugiyama A.
21–

Nicole Pratt defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-1 in the Scottsdale round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 5–3, defending last year's round of 16. Nicole Pratt narrowed the head-to-head to 5–4.

Key context

Head to head

3–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-06-06BirminghamR32grassAi Sugiyama7-5 6-4
2004-07-19Los AngelesR32hardAi Sugiyama6-2 6-4
2004-02-23DubaiR16hardAi Sugiyama6-2 6-2
2003-08-25US OpenR32hardAi Sugiyama3-6 6-4 6-3
2002-09-16TokyoR16hardNicole Pratt6-3 4-6 6-3
2001-07-30San DiegoR16hardAi Sugiyama6-3 4-1 RET
2000-11-04PhiladelphiaR32carpetNicole Pratt6-2 7-5
2000-04-10Amelia IslandR32clayNicole Pratt6-1 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Pratt N.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Pratt N.

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
Pratt N.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Even
0.7
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (49 vs 172). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Williams S.
Capriati J.
6-24-66-4
Semi-finals
Williams S.
Hingis M.
6-13-66-4
Capriati J.
Dechy N.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Williams S.
Pratt N.
6-27-5
Capriati J.
Schett B.
7-56-3
Dechy N.
Schiavone F.
7-656-4
Hingis M.
Bedanova D.
6-40-66-3
R16
Bedanova D.
Talaja S.
6-26-3
Hingis M.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-26-4
Capriati J.
Stevenson A.
6-46-4
Schett B.
Pisnik T.
4-66-37-5
Dechy N.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-2
Schiavone F.
Panova T.
7-651-66-2
Pratt N.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-1
Williams S.
Jidkova A.
6-36-3
R32
Schett B.
Jankovic J.
6-37-65
Foretz Gacon S.
Marrero M.
6-26-1
Talaja S.
Serra Zanetti A.
7-56-2
Bedanova D.
Bovina E.
7-54-67-5
Jidkova A.
Osterloh L.
6-26-2
Pratt N.
Tu M.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Raymond L.
7-636-0
Schiavone F.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-3
Panova T.
Serna M.
6-16-2
Dechy N.
Hopkins J.
6-24-66-0
Pisnik T.
Dulko G.
6-26-3
Stevenson A.
Frazier A.
1-66-46-4