Ai Sugiyama vs Dinara Safina — Shanghai Quarter-final

Shanghai · WTA · Quarter-final
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2003
hard
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
Sugiyama A.
6-4 7-6
Safina D.
Sugiyama A.
6792
Safina D.
467–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 7-6 in the Shanghai quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dinara Safina came in leading the head-to-head 3–2. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-12SydneySFhardDinara Safina6-4 7-6(3)
2007-03-19MiamiR32hardDinara Safina6-4 3-6 6-1
2005-01-03Gold CoastR32hardDinara Safina6-3 6-2
2003-05-12RomeR32clayAi Sugiyama6-0 2-6 6-4
2003-03-19MiamiR64hardAi Sugiyama3-6 7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.1
3.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.0
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Safina D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
42
72
Break points saved·Slight edge
68
79
Break points won·Clear edge
63
84
Deciding sets·Dominant
53
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
49
77

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Rubin C.
6-37-66
Semi-finals
Dementieva E.
Sugiyama A.
6-13-66-3
Rubin C.
Morigami A.
6-05-76-3
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Safina D.
6-47-67
Rubin C.
Barna A.
6-16-4
Dementieva E.
Sharapova M.
6-47-64
Morigami A.
Molik A.
7-637-5
R16
Rubin C.
Schett B.
7-616-2
Dementieva E.
Mandula P.
6-37-61
Sharapova M.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
4-66-36-4
Sugiyama A.
Sun T.
7-676-4
Safina D.
Dokic J.
6-16-4
Molik A.
Craybas J.
6-46-3
Morigami A.
Martinez C.
7-56-0
Barna A.
Harkleroad A.
6-06-4
R32
Craybas J.
Zheng J.
3-67-662-0
Dokic J.
Jankovic J.
7-604-4
Sun T.
Garbin T.
7-52-3
Mandula P.
Widjaja A.
5-76-26-2
Schett B.
De Los Rios R.
6-36-1
Barna A.
Cho Y.
6-06-2
Harkleroad A.
Black C.
6-16-4
Morigami A.
Sucha M.
6-26-3
Molik A.
Pennetta F.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Gagliardi E.
6-37-5
Sharapova M.
Loit E.
6-36-736-3
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Pratt N.
6-46-3