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Rita Grande v Ai Sugiyama: stats compared | Lineball
Sugiyama wins on break points saved %. Grande’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Grande 30 matches, Sugiyama 58 matches.
Grande has the better first serve in %: 71.9 to Sugiyama’s 61.1.
Grande averages a double fault every 4.3 matches to Sugiyama’s 0.8.
Sugiyama averages 1 sets lost a match to Grande’s 1.4.
Grande ranks 4th of 86 in WTA Tour 2004 for first serve in %.
Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 57%, Grande’s team won 40% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sugiyama has 58 matches, Grande 30 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#26 of 28
71.9#4 of 86First serve in %61.1#37 of 86
61.2#50 of 86First-serve points won %62.7#41 of 86
54.6#41 of 86Break points saved %60.4#13 of 86
42.5#62 of 86Return points won %47.4#21 of 86
0.39 total · best 3#42 of 84Acesper game
Head to head
25 matches since 19963
Hard · 3 matchesGrande 2Sugiyama 1
Carpet · 1 matchGrande 0Sugiyama 1
Clay · 1 matchGrande 0Sugiyama 1
Last meetings
27 Jan 2003 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · CarpetSugiyama won 6-1 4-6 6-2
8 Oct 2001 · Shanghai · Quarterfinal · HardGrande won 6-7(3) 7-5 1-0
7 May 2001 · Berlin · Round of 64 · ClaySugiyama won 6-3 6-4
30 Dec 1996 · Hope Island · Round of 16 · HardSugiyama won 6-7 6-2 6-3
1 Jan 1996 · Auckland · Round of 16 · HardGrande won 6-3 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2004.
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0.2
13 total · best 6
#55 of 84
10.5314 total · best 18#53 of 89Games wonper game11.3658 total · best 18#25 of 89
36.1#73 of 86Break points converted %46.7#47 of 86
44.6#68 of 89Sets won %56.1#29 of 89
46.2#77 of 89Games won %52.6#27 of 89
–Finalsper game0.01 total · best 1#44 of 46
1.133 total · best 2#53 of 89Sets wonper game1.374 total · best 2#27 of 89
1.441 total · best 2#79 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better158 total · best 2#27 of 89
12.2366 total · best 19#84 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better10.2592 total · best 19#34 of 89
0.39 total · best 2#12 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.214 total · best 2#26 of 89
0.27 total · best 3#7 of 86Double faultsper game · lower is better0.849 total · best 7#64 of 86