Julia Vakulenko vs Ai Sugiyama — Linz Round of 16

Linz · WTA · Round of 16
UKR
Julia Vakulenko
43 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2007
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Vakulenko J.
6-0 6-2
Sugiyama A.
Vakulenko J.
662
Sugiyama A.
02–

Julia Vakulenko defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-0 6-2 in the Linz round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 32, but Julia Vakulenko had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 6 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Vakulenko J.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Vakulenko J.

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
Vakulenko J.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
51%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.3
1.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.2
5.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (47 vs 104). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
3°CDrizzle
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 75%

Draw

Final
Hantuchova D.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Schnyder P.
Bartoli M.
7-656-3
Hantuchova D.
Vaidisova N.
2-66-27-63
Quarter-finals
Vaidisova N.
Safina D.
6-37-67
Schnyder P.
Chakvetadze A.
6-16-0
Bartoli M.
Vakulenko J.
6-11-66-4
Hantuchova D.
Bondarenko A.
6-41-66-3
R16
Vaidisova N.
Meusburger Y.
6-36-1
Hantuchova D.
Dulko G.
6-36-1
Bondarenko A.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-3
Safina D.
Knapp K.
6-26-2
Vakulenko J.
Sugiyama A.
6-06-2
Bartoli M.
Paszek T.
6-26-1
Schnyder P.
Molik A.
6-46-4
Chakvetadze A.
Schiavone F.
6-06-2
R32
Daniilidou E.
Golovin T.
6-40-1
Sugiyama A.
Bammer S.
2-67-656-0
Dulko G.
Martinovic S.
6-36-3
Knapp K.
Krajicek M.
4-66-47-64
Bondarenko A.
Muller M.
6-36-0
Meusburger Y.
Klaffner M.
6-726-46-3
Schiavone F.
Srebotnik K.
7-666-3
Molik A.
Radwanska A.
6-43-66-1
Schnyder P.
Rezai A.
6-46-3
Paszek T.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-37-5
Vakulenko J.
Kirilenko M.
7-56-706-4
Vaidisova N.
Pennetta F.
4-66-37-64