Magdalena Maleeva vs Ai Sugiyama — Tokyo Quarter-final

Tokyo · WTA · Quarter-final
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 3 February 2004
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Maleeva M.
6-1 6-1
Sugiyama A.
Maleeva M.
662
Sugiyama A.
11–

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-1 6-1 in the Tokyo quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 7–1, defending last year's round of 16. Magdalena Maleeva narrowed the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-05-09RomeR64clayAi Sugiyama6-2 6-4
2004-01-05Gold CoastQFhardAi Sugiyama4-6 7-6(4) 6-3
2003-08-04Los AngelesQFhardAi Sugiyama6-2 4-6 6-2
2003-03-05Indian WellsR32hardAi Sugiyama6-4 6-3
2002-05-13RomeR32clayAi Sugiyama7-6(3) 7-5
2001-10-22LinzR16hardMagdalena Maleeva1-6 6-3 6-1
2000-01-17Australian OpenR128hardAi Sugiyama7-6(3) 7-6(4)
1998-01-04Hope IslandR32hardAi Sugiyama7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Maleeva M.

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
Maleeva M.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (21 vs 160). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 79%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Maleeva M.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Dokic J.
6-16-0
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
W/O
Quarter-finals
Dokic J.
Panova T.
6-16-1
Davenport L.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-1
Rubin C.
Williams V.
W/O
R16
Panova T.
Dementieva E.
7-656-3
Hantuchova D.
Sharapova M.
7-666-1
Davenport L.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Dokic J.
Husarova J.
7-676-726-1
Maleeva M.
Granville L.
6-16-3
Sugiyama A.
Callens E.
6-36-3
Rubin C.
Morigami A.
7-56-736-3
Williams V.
Obata S.
6-36-4
R32
Morigami A.
Asagoe S.
6-47-65
Rubin C.
Grande R.
6-36-0
Callens E.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-36-4
Maleeva M.
Raymond L.
4-66-26-3
Hantuchova D.
Molik A.
6-16-777-5
Sharapova M.
Yoshida Y.
6-16-1
Granville L.
Jidkova A.
7-56-2
Panova T.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
Husarova J.
Tanasugarn T.
7-686-3
Dokic J.
Black C.
3-67-656-1
Vento Kabchi M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-37-65
Obata S.
Vakulenko J.
7-56-3