Ai Sugiyama vs Rita Grande — Tokyo Round of 32

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 January 2003
hard
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-1 4-6 6-2
Grande R.
Sugiyama A.
6462
Grande R.
1621

Ai Sugiyama defeated Rita Grande 6-1 4-6 6-2 in the Tokyo 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 round of 16. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 4–6 6–2.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-10-08ShanghaiQFhardRita Grande6-7(3) 7-5 1-0 RET
2001-05-07BerlinR64grassAi Sugiyama6-3 6-4
1996-12-30Hope IslandR16hardAi Sugiyama6-7 6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving66% hold

wins 57% 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.Grande R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
42%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
55%
58%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
5°CDrizzle
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 86%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Seles M.
6-766-16-2
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Rubin C.
4-66-46-2
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
3-66-16-4
Quarter-finals
Raymond L.
Dokic J.
6-46-2
Davenport L.
Tanasugarn T.
7-57-63
Rubin C.
Dementieva E.
3-66-16-3
Seles M.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-46-4
R16
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
7-55-76-1
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Bovina E.
6-7107-676-2
Tanasugarn T.
Farina Elia S.
6-747-56-1
Rubin C.
Srebotnik K.
6-46-0
Dementieva E.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-26-2
Dokic J.
Widjaja A.
7-646-4
Raymond L.
Maleeva M.
2-67-676-2
Davenport L.
Majoli I.
6-46-4
R32
Raymond L.
Suarez P.
6-14-67-5
Srebotnik K.
Coetzer A.
6-47-5
Cohen Aloro S.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Grande R.
6-14-66-2
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Petrova N.
3-66-36-3
Dementieva E.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-2
Farina Elia S.
Pierce M.
3-66-16-0
Tanasugarn T.
Fernandez C.
7-616-2
Widjaja A.
Jeon M.
6-36-3
Bovina E.
Smashnova A.
6-23-66-3
Majoli I.
Stevenson A.
6-36-3
Maleeva M.
Obata S.
6-36-3