Career 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Ai Sugiyama takes it, 6–0 on categories Sugiyama wins on games won. WTA Tour 1998: Grande 37 matches, Sugiyama 60 matches.
Sugiyama averages 11.4 games won a match to Grande’s 9.4 (21% more). Sugiyama has the better sets won %: 61.5 to Grande’s 37.9. Sugiyama averages 1.4 sets won a match to Grande’s 0.9 (55% more). Best single match: Sugiyama 19 games won, Grande 17. Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 65%, Grande’s team won 35% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sugiyama has 60 matches, Grande 37 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Tale of the tape Per game, with league rank among regular players.
– Titlesper game 0.0 2 total · best 1 #13 of 22
9.4 347 total · best 17 #70 of 76 Games wonper game 11.4 681 total · best 19 #21 of 76
37.9 #69 of 76 Sets won % 61.5 #18 of 76
44.3 #74 of 76 Games won % 54.1 #19 of 76
– Finalsper game 0.0 2 total · best 1 #20 of 35
0.9 33 total · best 2 #69 of 76 Sets wonper game
Head to head 2 5 matches since 1996 3
Hard · 3 matches Grande 2 Sugiyama 1 Carpet · 1 match Grande 0 Sugiyama 1 Clay · 1 match Grande 0 Sugiyama 1 Last meetings 27 Jan 2003 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · Carpet Sugiyama won 6-1 4-6 6-2 8 Oct 2001 · Shanghai · Quarterfinal · Hard Grande won 6-7(3) 7-5 1-0 7 May 2001 · Berlin · Round of 64 · Clay Sugiyama won 6-3 6-4 30 Dec 1996 · Hope Island · Round of 16 · Hard Sugiyama won 6-7 6-2 6-3 1 Jan 1996 · Auckland · Round of 16 · Hard Grande won 6-3 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest in 1998.
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