Dinara Safina vs Ai Sugiyama — Gold Coast Round of 32

Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 January 2005
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Safina D.
6-3 6-2
Sugiyama A.
Safina D.
662
Sugiyama A.
32–

Dinara Safina defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-2 in the Gold Coast round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending the title. Dinara Safina 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
2003-09-15ShanghaiQFhardAi Sugiyama6-4 7-6(7)
2003-05-12RomeR32clayAi Sugiyama6-0 2-6 6-4
2003-03-19MiamiR64hardAi Sugiyama3-6 7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safina D.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Safina D.

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
Safina D.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.7
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 149). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

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

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

Draw

Final
Schnyder P.
Stosur S.
1-66-37-5
Semi-finals
Schnyder P.
Golovin T.
3-66-46-3
Stosur S.
Farina Elia S.
6-42-66-1
Quarter-finals
Schnyder P.
Karatantcheva S.
6-26-2
Farina Elia S.
Petrova N.
W/O
Stosur S.
Maleeva M.
2-66-36-4
Golovin T.
Pennetta F.
6-756-26-4
R16
Stosur S.
Benesova I.
6-27-63
Pennetta F.
Pin C.
6-24-66-3
Farina Elia S.
Chladkova D.
5-76-16-3
Petrova N.
Li N.
7-56-3
Schnyder P.
Haynes A.
6-46-1
Karatantcheva S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-20-67-63
Golovin T.
Safina D.
7-53-66-2
Maleeva M.
Koukalova K.
7-56-2
R32
Karatantcheva S.
Camerin M.
6-26-4
Likhovtseva E.
Loit E.
4-67-656-2
Safina D.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-2
Schnyder P.
Razzano V.
6-26-4
Pennetta F.
Dechy N.
7-676-1
Maleeva M.
Fedak Y.
6-46-1
Benesova I.
Welford T.
6-46-2
Stosur S.
Sprem K.
6-46-2
Farina Elia S.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-37-5
Chladkova D.
Beltrame S.
4-66-47-5
Li N.
Garbin T.
6-36-1
Petrova N.
Zheng J.
6-26-3
Golovin T.
Yan Z.
6-16-4
Pin C.
Barna A.
6-26-4
Haynes A.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-36-1
Koukalova K.
Hewitt J.
6-41-66-2