Kelly Liggan vs Rika Fujiwara — Japan Open Round of 32

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 32
IRL
Kelly Liggan
47 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
JPN
Rika Fujiwara
44 yrs · 155 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Liggan K.
6-3 4-6 6-2
Fujiwara R.
Liggan K.
6462
Fujiwara R.
3621

Kelly Liggan defeated Rika Fujiwara 6-3 4-6 6-2 in the Japan Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Rika Fujiwara came in defending last year's round of 32, but Kelly Liggan had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Kelly Liggan closed it out in three sets, 6–3 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Liggan K.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Fujiwara R.

Fujiwara R.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Liggan K.

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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Liggan K.Fujiwara R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
55%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
33%
47%
Service points won·Even
51%
52%
Return points won·Even
37%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.0
0.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Craybas J.
Talaja S.
2-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Talaja S.
Taylor S.
6-36-4
Craybas J.
Tanasugarn T.
6-44-66-4
Quarter-finals
Tanasugarn T.
Molik A.
6-41-66-1
Craybas J.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-1
Taylor S.
Yoshida Y.
6-46-2
Talaja S.
Sugiyama A.
3-67-656-3
R16
Tanasugarn T.
Liggan K.
6-21-67-61
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
6-37-5
Taylor S.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-37-63
Yoshida Y.
Cargill A.
6-757-56-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Marrero M.
5-76-06-2
Craybas J.
Gagliardi E.
6-34-66-3
Molik A.
Kuznetsova S.
7-636-2
Talaja S.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-26-3
R32
Kostanic Tosic J.
Obata S.
6-47-63
Marrero M.
Okamoto S.
6-36-3
Craybas J.
Saeki M.
7-676-0
Morigami A.
De Los Rios R.
6-46-2
Ruano Pascual V.
Kim J.
6-06-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-2
Taylor S.
Dominikovic E.
6-26-2
Cargill A.
Chang K.
6-37-62
Yoshida Y.
Black C.
6-26-1
Gagliardi E.
Sharapova M.
2-67-646-4
Kuznetsova S.
Razzano V.
7-56-2
Molik A.
Webb V.
6-07-5
Liggan K.
Fujiwara R.
6-34-66-2
Talaja S.
Asagoe S.
6-43-66-0