Ai Sugiyama vs Anabel Medina Garrigues — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2009
hard
ESP
Anabel Medina Garrigues
43 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
2-6 6-1 6-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Sugiyama A.
2662
Medina Garrigues A.
6121

Ai Sugiyama defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues 2-6 6-1 6-2 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-03-24MiamiR64hardAi Sugiyama6-2 6-3
2006-08-14MontrealR32hardAi Sugiyama6-4 6-2
2006-05-15RomeR32clayAnabel Medina Garrigues6-2 4-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Sugiyama A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Medina Garrigues A.

Medina Garrigues A.serving75% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Serve advantage — Medina Garrigues A.

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.Medina Garrigues A.
1st serve in·Even
66%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
41%
45%
Break points saved·Even
48%
52%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.8
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Medina Garrigues A.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
42
26
Break points saved·Clear edge
68
48
Break points won·Clear edge
63
75
Deciding sets·Dominant
53
22
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
49
60

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dementieva E.
Safina D.
6-32-66-1
Semi-finals
Safina D.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-63
Dementieva E.
Williams S.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Kuznetsova S.
W/O
Dementieva E.
Radwanska A.
6-25-76-4
Williams S.
Wozniacki C.
6-756-37-63
Safina D.
Cornet A.
6-36-4
R16
Wozniacki C.
South M.
6-26-0
Williams S.
Errani S.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Gajdosova J.
6-26-4
Radwanska A.
Hantuchova D.
6-37-5
Kuznetsova S.
Kanepi K.
6-22-67-63
Sugiyama A.
Medina Garrigues A.
2-66-16-2
Cornet A.
Kleybanova A.
7-656-1
Safina D.
Dushevina V.
6-36-0
R32
South M.
Bartoli M.
1-1
Errani S.
Dellacqua C.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Cibulkova D.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Makarova K.
7-56-1
Gajdosova J.
Knapp K.
6-46-2
Hantuchova D.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Radwanska A.
Bammer S.
6-46-3
Williams S.
Stosur S.
6-36-747-5
Kuznetsova S.
Peng S.
3-66-16-3
Kanepi K.
Kerber A.
6-17-5
Sugiyama A.
Craybas J.
6-26-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Yakimova A.
6-13-66-3
Cornet A.
Petrova N.
6-26-4
Dushevina V.
Starr E.
6-06-1
Safina D.
Cirstea S.
6-26-1
Kleybanova A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2