Ai Sugiyama vs Eugenia KulikovskayaScottsdale Round of 32

Scottsdale · WTA · Round of 32
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 February 2003
hard
47 yrs · 163 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-3 6-1
Kulikovskaya E.
Sugiyama A.
662
Kulikovskaya E.
31

Ai Sugiyama defeated Eugenia Kulikovskaya 6-3 6-1 in the Scottsdale round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Kulikovskaya E.

Kulikovskaya E.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
38%
Break points saved·Clear edge
55%
41%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.