Ai Sugiyama vs Jie Zheng — Olympics Round of 64

Olympics · WTA · Round of 64
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 15 August 2004
hard
CHN
Jie Zheng
43 yrs · 164 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
4-6 6-3 8-6
Zheng J.
Sugiyama A.
4682
Zheng J.
6361

Ai Sugiyama defeated Jie Zheng 4-6 6-3 8-6 in the Olympics round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jie Zheng came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Jie Zheng in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-09-22BeijingR16hardJie Zheng6-1 6-2
2005-08-15TorontoR32hardJie Zheng2-6 7-6(8) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Zheng J.

Zheng J.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.Zheng J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
0.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (160 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Zheng J.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
42
56
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
55
Break points won·Clear edge
63
80
Deciding sets·Clear edge
53
71
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
49
73

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Mauresmo A.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Mauresmo A.
Molik A.
7-686-3
Henin J.
Myskina A.
7-55-78-6
Quarter-finals
Henin J.
Pierce M.
6-46-4
Mauresmo A.
Kuznetsova S.
7-654-66-2
Molik A.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-4
Myskina A.
Schiavone F.
6-16-2
R16
Henin J.
Pratt N.
6-16-0
Mauresmo A.
Rubin C.
6-36-1
Kuznetsova S.
Schnyder P.
6-36-3
Pierce M.
Williams V.
6-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Sprem K.
7-666-1
Schiavone F.
Zuluaga F.
6-756-16-3
Myskina A.
Daniilidou E.
7-56-4
Molik A.
Raymond L.
6-46-4
R32
Henin J.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Pratt N.
Garbin T.
1-67-656-2
Pierce M.
Petrova N.
6-26-1
Sugiyama A.
Perebiynis T.
7-56-4
Sprem K.
Widjaja A.
6-36-1
Raymond L.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-2
Molik A.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-4
Kuznetsova S.
Morigami A.
7-656-2
Schnyder P.
Hantuchova D.
3-66-16-4
Rubin C.
Black C.
6-43-66-3
Mauresmo A.
Camerin M.
6-06-1
Daniilidou E.
Maleeva M.
2-66-46-4
Williams V.
Matevzic M.
6-06-0
Myskina A.
Brandi K.
6-23-66-4
Schiavone F.
Cho Y.
2-67-606-4
Zuluaga F.
Suarez P.
4-67-646-1
R64
Molik A.
Dementieva E.
4-66-06-3
Farina Elia S.
Testud S.
6-26-0
Daniilidou E.
Castano C.
6-26-1
Maleeva M.
Koukalova K.
6-16-4
Schiavone F.
Asagoe S.
6-37-64
Cho Y.
Kanepi K.
7-616-1
Zuluaga F.
Jankovic J.
6-46-1
Perebiynis T.
Randriantefy D.
6-36-4
Widjaja A.
Tanasugarn T.
1-66-26-1
Mauresmo A.
Martinez C.
6-16-4
Camerin M.
Jugic Salkic M.
6-46-3
Rubin C.
Stosur S.
6-26-786-0
Hantuchova D.
Schaul C.
6-16-1
Morigami A.
Benesova I.
6-16-4
Kuznetsova S.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-36-3
Garbin T.
Smashnova A.
6-26-1
Pratt N.
Casanova M.
6-37-5
Matevzic M.
Obata S.
7-637-5
Williams V.
Czink M.
6-16-2
Myskina A.
Serna M.
6-06-1
Brandi K.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-56-1
Srebotnik K.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-30-66-4
Raymond L.
Kurhajcova L.
6-44-66-3
Suarez P.
Dechy N.
6-717-659-7
Sugiyama A.
Zheng J.
4-66-38-6
Sprem K.
Dulko G.
7-667-5
Black C.
Pisnik T.
6-35-76-4
Schnyder P.
Mandula P.
6-36-4
Henin J.
Strycova B.
6-36-4
Vento Kabchi M.
Kremer A.
6-36-4
Petrova N.
Sucha M.
6-36-3
Pierce M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-37-5