Ai Sugiyama vs Selima Sfar — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 February 2007
hard
TUN
Selima Sfar
49 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
Sugiyama A.
6-4 5-7 6-3
Sfar S.
Sugiyama A.
6562
Sfar S.
4731

Ai Sugiyama defeated Selima Sfar 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 32. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Ai Sugiyama closed it out in three sets, 6–4 5–7 6–3.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-02-27DohaR32hardAi Sugiyama6-3 6-3
2001-08-13TorontoR64hardAi Sugiyama6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Sfar S.

Sfar S.serving53% hold

wins 51% 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.Sfar S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
55%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
49%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
49%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.3
1.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (104 vs 8). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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