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Silvija Talaja v Ai Sugiyama: stats compared | Lineball
Sugiyama wins on first serve in %. Talaja’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2003: Talaja 38 matches, Sugiyama 74 matches.
Sugiyama has the better first serve in %: 60.7 to Talaja’s 52.
Talaja averages a double fault every 6.3 matches to Sugiyama’s 0.9.
Sugiyama has the better break points saved %: 55.1 to Talaja’s 48.2.
Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 65%, Talaja’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sugiyama has 74 matches, Talaja 38 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1#13 of 29
52.0#67 of 71First serve in %60.7#41 of 71
57.7#62 of 71First-serve points won %63.2#38 of 71
48.2#60 of 71Break points saved %55.1#39 of 71
44.0#40 of 71Return points won %47.8#19 of 71
0.15 total · best 2#57 of 70Acesper game
Head to head
34 matches since 19991
Hard · 2 matchesTalaja 1Sugiyama 1
Grass · 1 matchTalaja 1Sugiyama 0
Carpet · 1 matchTalaja 1Sugiyama 0
Last meetings
30 Sept 2002 · Japan Open · Quarterfinal · HardTalaja won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3
5 Nov 2001 · Pattaya · Round of 32 · HardSugiyama won 5-7 6-3 6-3
19 June 2000 · Eastbourne · Round of 32 · GrassTalaja won 6-3 6-2
1 Nov 1999 · Leipzig · Round of 32 · CarpetTalaja won 4-6 7-5 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2003.
Talaja––––––––––
Sugiyama–––1––––––
0.1
9 total · best 3
#58 of 70
10.5399 total · best 18#50 of 73Games wonper game12.4917 total · best 19#5 of 73
41.7#56 of 71Break points converted %41.2#58 of 71
46.6#59 of 73Sets won %58.9#17 of 73
49.0#54 of 73Games won %53.5#19 of 73
–Finalsper game0.02 total · best 1#22 of 45
1.141 total · best 2#59 of 73Sets wonper game1.4106 total · best 2#12 of 73
1.247 total · best 2#57 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better174 total · best 2#25 of 73
10.9415 total · best 18#51 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better10.8797 total · best 19#47 of 73
0.310 total · best 1#10 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.214 total · best 2#40 of 73
0.26 total · best 2★ #2 of 71Double faultsper game · lower is better0.969 total · best 10#66 of 71