Eleni Daniilidou vs Ai Sugiyama — Dubai Round of 16

Dubai · WTA · Round of 16
GRE
Eleni Daniilidou
43 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 February 2007
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Daniilidou E.
5-7 6-1 7-5
Sugiyama A.
Daniilidou E.
5672
Sugiyama A.
7151

Eleni Daniilidou defeated Ai Sugiyama 5-7 6-1 7-5 in the Dubai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 32. Eleni Daniilidou extended the head-to-head to 5–4.

Key context

Head to head

4–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-10-30HasseltR32hardEleni Daniilidou0-6 6-3 6-4
2006-09-25SeoulFhardEleni Daniilidou6-3 2-6 7-6(3)
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR128clayAi Sugiyama6-7(1) 6-0 6-3
2005-06-06BirminghamR16grassEleni Daniilidou6-3 6-3
2004-02-23DubaiQFhardAi Sugiyama6-1 6-3
2003-02-24ScottsdaleQFhardAi Sugiyama7-5 7-5
2002-06-10BirminghamR16grassEleni Daniilidou6-4 6-2
2002-03-06Indian WellsR64hardAi Sugiyama6-4 3-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Daniilidou E.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Daniilidou E.

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
Daniilidou E.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Even
67%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
60%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
38%
44%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
50%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
6.0
5.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (132 vs 104). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Daniilidou E.Sugiyama A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
30
42
Break points saved·Dominant
42
68
Break points won·Slight edge
52
63
Deciding sets·Even
52
53
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
68
49

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
28°CMainly clear
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 29%

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Mauresmo A.
6-47-5
Semi-finals
Mauresmo A.
Jankovic J.
6-20-0
Henin J.
Kuznetsova S.
1-66-46-0
Quarter-finals
Henin J.
Daniilidou E.
6-06-2
Kuznetsova S.
Schnyder P.
6-36-4
Mauresmo A.
Hantuchova D.
6-33-66-4
Jankovic J.
Hingis M.
7-636-2
R16
Daniilidou E.
Sugiyama A.
5-76-17-5
Hantuchova D.
Kirilenko M.
2-66-47-64
Henin J.
Paszek T.
4-67-56-1
Kuznetsova S.
Shaughnessy M.
6-17-64
Schnyder P.
Molik A.
4-66-26-4
Mauresmo A.
Dushevina V.
6-26-2
Jankovic J.
Santangelo M.
6-37-5
Hingis M.
Medina Garrigues A.
5-76-36-4
R32
Dushevina V.
Likhovtseva E.
6-20-0
Molik A.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-4
Jankovic J.
Rezai A.
6-16-2
Sugiyama A.
Sfar S.
6-45-76-3
Shaughnessy M.
Gagliardi E.
6-36-4
Hantuchova D.
Vesnina E.
6-16-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Kremer A.
6-36-4
Santangelo M.
Muller M.
6-37-64
Schnyder P.
Schiavone F.
6-756-36-3
Kirilenko M.
Niculescu M.
6-36-0
Daniilidou E.
Li N.
6-757-636-3
Paszek T.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-3