Ai Sugiyama vs Saori Obata — Shanghai Round of 32

Shanghai · 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, 9 September 2002
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Sugiyama A.
6-4 6-2
Obata S.
Sugiyama A.
662
Obata S.
42–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Saori Obata 6-4 6-2 in the Shanghai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's quarter-final. 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
2002-02-17MemphisR32hardAi Sugiyama7-6(6) 6-4

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
Smashnova A.
Kournikova A.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Smashnova A.
Widjaja A.
6-16-1
Kournikova A.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-3
Smashnova A.
Saeki M.
6-36-2
Widjaja A.
Fernandez C.
7-626-3
Kournikova A.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-56-4
R16
Saeki M.
Mandula P.
6-756-46-3
Fernandez C.
Morigami A.
6-26-3
Widjaja A.
Takase A.
7-616-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Talaja S.
2-66-06-4
Kournikova A.
Zheng J.
6-47-64
Serra Zanetti A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-0
Smashnova A.
Cho Y.
6-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Webb V.
2-66-37-5
R32
Webb V.
Fujiwara R.
6-13-5
Sugiyama A.
Obata S.
6-46-2
Smashnova A.
Sun T.
1-66-06-1
Cho Y.
Asagoe S.
7-657-5
Mandula P.
Musgrave T.
7-56-1
Saeki M.
Wartusch P.
6-36-3
Fernandez C.
Lee J.
6-36-4
Morigami A.
Grahame A.
2-66-26-4
Takase A.
Jeon M.
6-47-5
Widjaja A.
Yan Z.
6-46-3
Talaja S.
Hao J.
6-06-1
Kostanic Tosic J.
Marrero M.
6-46-4
Zheng J.
Liu N.
2-67-646-3
Kournikova A.
Dittmann M.
6-16-4
Serra Zanetti A.
Xie Y.
6-26-1
Serra Zanetti A.
Yu Y.
6-26-1