Ai Sugiyama vs Yuka Yoshida — Japan Open Round of 16

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 16
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
JPN
Yuka Yoshida
50 yrs · 161 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
Sugiyama A.
6-3 3-6 7-6
Yoshida Y.
Sugiyama A.
63772
Yoshida Y.
36601

Ai Sugiyama defeated Yuka Yoshida 6-3 3-6 7-6 in the Japan Open round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 7–6.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-06-26WimbledonR128grassAi Sugiyama6-1 6-3
1998-02-03TokyoR16hardAi Sugiyama6-1 7-6

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Yoshida Y.

Yoshida Y.serving55% hold

wins 52% 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Yoshida Y.
1st serve in·Clear edge
64%
51%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
60%
45%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
43%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
38%
Break points saved·Clear edge
55%
67%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (172 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Kapros A.
2-66-27-65
Semi-finals
Sharapova M.
Zheng J.
6-37-5
Kapros A.
Parra Santonja A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Zheng J.
Yan Z.
7-636-3
Sharapova M.
Schaul C.
7-57-61
Parra Santonja A.
Craybas J.
3-66-46-2
Kapros A.
Sugiyama A.
6-43-2
R16
Sharapova M.
Morigami A.
6-16-3
Zheng J.
Tanasugarn T.
1-66-26-4
Yan Z.
Harkleroad A.
7-656-4
Schaul C.
Srebotnik K.
6-32-67-65
Craybas J.
Fujiwara R.
4-66-46-2
Parra Santonja A.
Asagoe S.
5-76-46-3
Kapros A.
Gagliardi E.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Yoshida Y.
6-33-67-60
R32
Srebotnik K.
Dominikovic E.
6-36-3
Kapros A.
Sun T.
6-46-2
Yan Z.
Saeki M.
6-26-4
Zheng J.
Talaja S.
6-47-5
Gagliardi E.
Spears A.
6-12-66-4
Yoshida Y.
Widjaja A.
6-47-5
Asagoe S.
Li T.
6-16-1
Parra Santonja A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-2
Fujiwara R.
Cargill A.
6-36-2
Craybas J.
Obata S.
6-46-2
Sharapova M.
Kim J.
6-26-0
Morigami A.
Kirilenko M.
6-16-2
Schaul C.
Sucha M.
6-17-5
Harkleroad A.
Ozaki M.
6-06-0