Victoria Azarenka vs Ai Sugiyama — Gold Coast Round of 32

Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 32
Victoria Azarenka
BLR
Victoria Azarenka
#433WTA
1875ELO
1839Hard ELO
36 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 December 2007
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Azarenka V.
6-2 6-3
Sugiyama A.
Azarenka V.
662
Sugiyama A.
23–

Victoria Azarenka defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-3 in the Gold Coast round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Azarenka V.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Sugiyama A.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Azarenka V.

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
Azarenka V.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Even
63%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
46%
45%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
1.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.3
5.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (195 vs 104). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Azarenka V.Sugiyama A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
91
42
Break points saved·Dominant
94
68
Break points won·Dominant
99
63
Deciding sets·Dominant
96
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
77
49

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

Draw

Final
Li N.
Azarenka V.
4-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Azarenka V.
Peer S.
6-46-2
Li N.
Schnyder P.
3-66-37-5
Quarter-finals
Li N.
Vaidisova N.
6-36-3
Schnyder P.
Mauresmo A.
6-46-4
Peer S.
Safina D.
4-66-17-68
Azarenka V.
Cibulkova D.
6-13-66-3
R16
Peer S.
Schruff J.
6-00-0
Mauresmo A.
Dechy N.
6-36-4
Vaidisova N.
Maria T.
6-46-2
Li N.
Adamczak M.
6-36-2
Schnyder P.
Schiavone F.
2-66-36-4
Safina D.
Pennetta F.
6-42-66-4
Azarenka V.
Fedak Y.
6-46-2
Cibulkova D.
Garbin T.
7-56-1
R32
Schiavone F.
Shaughnessy M.
0-60-1
Li N.
Bammer S.
6-44-66-4
Garbin T.
Petrova N.
5-77-56-3
Cibulkova D.
Razzano V.
6-26-2
Azarenka V.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Fedak Y.
Szavay A.
3-67-56-2
Safina D.
Gajdosova J.
4-66-16-2
Pennetta F.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-1
Schruff J.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-1
Peer S.
Ditty J.
3-66-06-2
Mauresmo A.
Savchuk O.
6-16-1
Dechy N.
Yan Z.
6-26-2
Schnyder P.
Kleybanova A.
6-16-3
Adamczak M.
Vesnina E.
7-643-67-5
Maria T.
Nakamura A.
7-56-3
Vaidisova N.
Dellacqua C.
5-77-56-0