Ai Sugiyama vs Akiko Morigami — San Diego Semi-final

San Diego · WTA · Semi-final
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Retired
Monday, 1 August 2005
hard
JPN
Akiko Morigami
46 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLLLL
Sugiyama A.
6-4 4-3
Morigami A.
Sugiyama A.
642
Morigami A.
43–

Ai Sugiyama advanced when Akiko Morigami retired 6-4 4-3 in the San Diego semi-final. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-06-26WimbledonR64grassAi Sugiyama6-2 7-5
2005-09-19BeijingR32hardAi Sugiyama7-6(3) 6-4
2004-05-17StrasbourgR16clayAi Sugiyama1-6 6-3 6-2
2002-09-30Japan OpenR16hardAi Sugiyama6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Morigami A.

Morigami A.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Morigami A.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (149 vs 63). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Morigami A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
36
Break points saved·Slight edge
68
63
Break points won·Even
63
60
Deciding sets·Slight edge
53
44
Tiebreaks·
49
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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
Pierce M.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-3
Semi-finals
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
6-44-3
Pierce M.
Peng S.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Karatantcheva S.
6-16-2
Morigami A.
Chakvetadze A.
6-36-4
Pierce M.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Peng S.
Clijsters K.
6-46-4
R16
Karatantcheva S.
Washington M.
6-16-2
Clijsters K.
Jankovic J.
6-16-3
Schnyder P.
Schiavone F.
6-716-16-4
Pierce M.
Dechy N.
7-56-3
Peng S.
Safina D.
7-626-0
Chakvetadze A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-1
Morigami A.
Mirza S.
6-24-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Kuznetsova S.
2-66-46-3
R32
Mirza S.
Petrova N.
6-26-1
Morigami A.
Pennetta F.
6-17-5
Chakvetadze A.
Benesova I.
6-46-3
Pierce M.
Groenefeld A.
6-16-1
Dechy N.
Dulko G.
4-67-57-63
Jankovic J.
Sromova H.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Jidkova A.
0-66-16-0
Kuznetsova S.
Koukalova K.
7-56-3
Sugiyama A.
Hantuchova D.
7-54-66-2
Karatantcheva S.
Raymond L.
7-666-4
Washington M.
Zvonareva V.
6-44-66-4
Peng S.
Dementieva E.
7-56-4
Likhovtseva E.
Peer S.
0-66-26-4
Schiavone F.
Rodionova A.
6-26-2
Schnyder P.
Peschke K.
6-46-726-1
Clijsters K.
Domachowska M.
6-36-1
R64
Koukalova K.
Linetskaya E.
7-655-76-1
Peng S.
Salerni M.
7-56-1
Raymond L.
Bartoli M.
1-66-06-3
Peer S.
Randriantefy D.
2-66-36-4
Washington M.
Sprem K.
2-67-616-1
Sugiyama A.
Shaughnessy M.
3-0
Sromova H.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-47-5
Domachowska M.
Granville L.
3-66-07-69
Peschke K.
Craybas J.
0-66-17-62
Rodionova A.
Stosur S.
6-36-2
Pennetta F.
Irvin M.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Spears A.
6-36-2
Dechy N.
Brandi K.
6-26-2
Chakvetadze A.
Golovin T.
6-46-4
Dulko G.
Obata S.
7-631-66-3
Groenefeld A.
Daniilidou E.
7-656-4
Benesova I.
Zuluaga F.
6-23-67-5
Mirza S.
Garbin T.
6-26-2
Jidkova A.
Nakamura A.
6-26-2
Hantuchova D.
Kirilenko M.
7-656-1
Karatantcheva S.
Asagoe S.
6-10-67-5
Morigami A.
Matevzic M.
6-16-0
Safina D.
Martinez C.
7-6116-4
Jankovic J.
Frazier A.
7-56-0