Ayumi Morita vs Ai Sugiyama — Seoul Round of 32

Seoul · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Ayumi Morita
36 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2007
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Morita A.
7-5 6-3
Sugiyama A.
Morita A.
762
Sugiyama A.
53–

Ayumi Morita defeated Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-3 in the Seoul round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's final. Ayumi Morita narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Ayumi Morita closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-04-14CharlestonR64clayAi Sugiyama6-4 6-1
2008-02-18DohaR32hardAi Sugiyama4-6 6-4 6-0
2007-06-11BirminghamR32grassAyumi Morita6-4 1-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Morita A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Morita 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
Morita A.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
5.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 104). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Morita A.Sugiyama A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
33
42
Break points saved·Dominant
43
68
Break points won·Slight edge
70
63
Deciding sets·Slight edge
44
53
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
66
49

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
Williams V.
Kirilenko M.
6-31-66-4
Semi-finals
Kirilenko M.
Daniilidou E.
7-56-0
Williams V.
Pennetta F.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Daniilidou E.
Szavay A.
4-67-50-0
Williams V.
Domachowska M.
6-26-3
Pennetta F.
Morita A.
6-16-2
Kirilenko M.
Castano C.
6-36-0
R16
Williams V.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-1
Szavay A.
Voskoboeva G.
6-16-4
Daniilidou E.
Rolle A.
6-36-2
Kirilenko M.
Yuan M.
6-46-2
Castano C.
Muller M.
6-46-2
Pennetta F.
Parmentier P.
6-46-4
Morita A.
Johansson M.
6-44-66-4
Domachowska M.
Beltrame S.
7-56-2
R32
Morita A.
Sugiyama A.
7-56-3
Williams V.
Spears A.
6-26-3
Tanasugarn T.
Dellacqua C.
1-66-36-2
Domachowska M.
Brianti A.
6-36-2
Beltrame S.
Nakamura A.
5-77-647-65
Johansson M.
Namigata J.
7-56-2
Parmentier P.
Gallovits Hall E.
6-26-4
Pennetta F.
Morigami A.
6-26-3
Muller M.
Han S.
6-16-0
Castano C.
Hsieh S.
6-36-2
Yuan M.
Erakovic M.
6-46-4
Kirilenko M.
Kim S.
7-56-3
Daniilidou E.
Wozniacki C.
6-46-4
Rolle A.
Keothavong A.
6-16-1
Voskoboeva G.
Fedossova Y.
6-46-1
Szavay A.
Lee Y.
6-26-3