Ai Sugiyama vs Nicole Pratt — Dubai Round of 16

Dubai · WTA · Round of 16
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2004
hard
AUS
Nicole Pratt
53 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWL
Sugiyama A.
6-2 6-2
Pratt N.
Sugiyama A.
662
Pratt N.
22–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Nicole Pratt 6-2 6-2 in the Dubai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nicole Pratt came in defending last year's round of 32. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 5–4.

Key context

Head to head

4–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-06-06BirminghamR32grassAi Sugiyama7-5 6-4
2004-07-19Los AngelesR32hardAi Sugiyama6-2 6-4
2003-08-25US OpenR32hardAi Sugiyama3-6 6-4 6-3
2002-09-16TokyoR16hardNicole Pratt6-3 4-6 6-3
2002-02-25ScottsdaleR16hardNicole Pratt6-2 6-1
2001-07-30San DiegoR16hardAi Sugiyama6-3 4-1 RET
2000-11-04PhiladelphiaR32carpetNicole Pratt6-2 7-5
2000-04-10Amelia IslandR32clayNicole Pratt6-1 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Pratt N.

Pratt N.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
Sugiyama A.Pratt N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
51%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
0.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (160 vs 44). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
32°CMainly clear
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 18%

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Kuznetsova S.
7-636-3
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Sugiyama A.
6-07-5
Henin J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Kuznetsova S.
Williams V.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Daniilidou E.
6-16-3
Shaughnessy M.
Myskina A.
7-624-66-3
Henin J.
Martinez C.
6-16-0
R16
Martinez C.
Camerin M.
6-26-2
Henin J.
Sfar S.
6-17-5
Myskina A.
Serna M.
6-16-4
Shaughnessy M.
Mandula P.
7-616-4
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
6-26-2
Kuznetsova S.
Barna A.
6-46-3
Williams V.
Molik A.
6-36-4
Daniilidou E.
Capriati J.
6-47-62
R32
Barna A.
Maleeva M.
2-66-47-5
Molik A.
Vento Kabchi M.
7-636-2
Sugiyama A.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-26-3
Mandula P.
Dokic J.
6-16-2
Shaughnessy M.
Kapros A.
6-16-2
Serna M.
Dushevina V.
6-46-4
Camerin M.
Likhovtseva E.
5-76-16-0
Pratt N.
Zheng J.
7-57-5
Daniilidou E.
Pisnik T.
3-66-36-2
Martinez C.
Jugic Salkic M.
6-36-2
Kuznetsova S.
Schiavone F.
6-46-4
Sfar S.
Tanasugarn T.
6-24-0