Anna Lena Groenefeld vs Ai Sugiyama — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · WTA · Round of 16
GER
Anna Lena Groenefeld
41 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Groenefeld A.
6-2 6-3
Sugiyama A.
Groenefeld A.
662
Sugiyama A.
23–

Anna Lena Groenefeld defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-3 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Anna Lena Groenefeld claimed a first win over Ai Sugiyama in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-04-11CharlestonR32clayAi Sugiyama6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Groenefeld A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Groenefeld 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
Groenefeld A.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.6
1.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.6
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (137 vs 149). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Groenefeld A.Sugiyama A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
35
42
Break points saved·Even
68
68
Break points won·Even
59
63
Deciding sets·Clear edge
39
53
Tiebreaks·Even
53
49

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
21°COvercast
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw

Final
Kirilenko M.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Sharapova M.
6-42-1
Groenefeld A.
Domachowska M.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Domachowska M.
Williams V.
W/O
Kirilenko M.
Sun T.
6-16-3
Sharapova M.
Asagoe S.
6-46-1
Groenefeld A.
Peng S.
7-56-1
R16
Williams V.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Asagoe S.
Craybas J.
6-26-4
Sun T.
Williams S.
6-27-67
Kirilenko M.
Nakamura A.
6-17-63
Domachowska M.
Zheng J.
6-36-1
Sharapova M.
Peer S.
6-05-76-2
Peng S.
Diaz Oliva M.
3-66-27-60
R32
Diaz Oliva M.
Molik A.
7-616-746-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Jidkova A.
2-66-07-65
Zheng J.
Jankovic J.
7-54-67-5
Peer S.
Dushevina V.
6-26-0
Peng S.
Laine E.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Jackson J.
7-57-5
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
7-636-4
Domachowska M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-3
Nakamura A.
Pennetta F.
3-66-46-4
Asagoe S.
Golovin T.
6-36-4
Sun T.
Panova T.
6-36-4
Craybas J.
Li N.
4-67-647-5