Ai Sugiyama vs Samantha Stosur — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2005
hard
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Sugiyama A.
6-2 6-3
Stosur S.
Sugiyama A.
662
Stosur S.
23–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-3 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 16. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-31US OpenR128hardSamantha Stosur6-4 4-6 6-4
2009-01-05BrisbaneR32hardSamantha Stosur6-2 6-3
2005-07-25StanfordR32hardAi Sugiyama7-6(10) 6-2
2004-01-05Gold CoastSFhardAi Sugiyama7-5 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Stosur S.serving71% hold

wins 59% 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.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
55%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.1
4.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.9
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (149 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Even
42
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
85
Break points won·Even
63
61
Deciding sets·Slight edge
53
45
Tiebreaks·Even
49
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 24 km/hHumidity 47%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Molik A.
4-66-16-4
Semi-finals
Molik A.
Mauresmo A.
7-6116-1
Sharapova M.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Hantuchova D.
Martinez C.
6-46-1
Molik A.
Schiavone F.
6-23-67-62
Mauresmo A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2
Sharapova M.
Bartoli M.
6-36-2
R16
Molik A.
Pratt N.
6-36-2
Sharapova M.
Dulko G.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Schnyder P.
6-01-66-2
Martinez C.
Myskina A.
6-47-5
Bartoli M.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-56-2
Schiavone F.
Sugiyama A.
6-22-66-2
Mauresmo A.
Ivanovic A.
2-66-26-4
Hantuchova D.
Bovina E.
6-03-66-3
R32
Kostanic Tosic J.
Camerin M.
3-67-56-3
Bartoli M.
Suarez P.
6-16-1
Ivanovic A.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-16-0
Schnyder P.
Li N.
7-53-67-5
Sugiyama A.
Stosur S.
6-26-3
Bovina E.
Asagoe S.
7-57-66
Martinez C.
Vinci R.
5-76-06-2
Kirilenko M.
Safarova L.
6-36-1
Hantuchova D.
Maleeva M.
4-66-46-3
Schiavone F.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-3
Pratt N.
Sfar S.
7-56-2
Dulko G.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-11-66-4