Ai Sugiyama vs Akiko Morigami — Beijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
JPN
Akiko Morigami
46 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLLLL
Sugiyama A.
7-6 6-4
Morigami A.
Sugiyama A.
7762
Morigami A.
634–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Akiko Morigami 7-6 6-4 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-06-26WimbledonR64grassAi Sugiyama6-2 7-5
2005-08-01San DiegoSFhardAi Sugiyama6-4 4-3 RET
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
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