Ai Sugiyama vs Virginia Ruano Pascual — Seoul Semi-final

Seoul · WTA · Semi-final
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-0 6-3
Ruano Pascual V.
Sugiyama A.
662
Ruano Pascual V.
03–

Ai Sugiyama defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0 6-3 in the Seoul semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Virginia Ruano Pascual came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-24Roland GarrosR64clayVirginia Ruano Pascual6-7(4) 6-2 6-1
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayAi Sugiyama4-6 6-4 6-4
1999-02-22ParisR32carpetVirginia Ruano Pascual6-1 3-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Ruano Pascual V.

Ruano Pascual V.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.Ruano Pascual V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
48%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
0.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (142 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Ruano Pascual V.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
36
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
56
Break points won·Even
63
60
Deciding sets·Even
53
51
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
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Daniilidou E.
Sugiyama A.
6-32-67-63
Semi-finals
Sugiyama A.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-06-3
Daniilidou E.
Bartoli M.
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Suarez P.
6-26-3
Bartoli M.
Morigami A.
6-31-66-2
Daniilidou E.
Zvonareva V.
7-636-4
Ruano Pascual V.
Mirza S.
7-634-67-63
R16
Mirza S.
Hingis M.
4-66-06-4
Morigami A.
Nakamura A.
7-56-2
Bartoli M.
Beltrame S.
7-616-1
Zvonareva V.
Laine E.
6-46-0
Daniilidou E.
Dushevina V.
1-66-16-0
Ruano Pascual V.
Widjaja A.
6-46-3
Sugiyama A.
Rodionova A.
6-36-1
Suarez P.
Castano C.
6-46-3
R32
Suarez P.
Dulko G.
6-16-3
Zvonareva V.
Pin C.
6-16-2
Beltrame S.
Tu M.
6-46-756-1
Nakamura A.
Diaz Oliva M.
7-636-3
Morigami A.
Arvidsson S.
6-06-4
Laine E.
Kim S.
6-36-2
Bartoli M.
Craybas J.
6-46-1
Dushevina V.
Kirilenko M.
6-35-77-5
Daniilidou E.
Jackson J.
7-56-4
Hingis M.
Wozniacki C.
6-36-2
Mirza S.
Lee Y.
3-66-06-0
Widjaja A.
Grandin N.
4-66-37-65
Ruano Pascual V.
Safarova L.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Olaru R.
1-66-26-4
Rodionova A.
Domachowska M.
6-46-3
Castano C.
Ancic S.
6-36-2