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Ai Sugiyama v Lindsay Davenport: stats compared | Lineball
Davenport wins on first-serve points won %. Sugiyama’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2006: Sugiyama 55 matches, Davenport 29 matches.
Sugiyama has the better first serve in %: 67.6 to Davenport’s 57.7.
Davenport averages 2.6 aces a match to Sugiyama’s 0.9 — 2.9 times as many.
Davenport averages a sets lost every 1.5 matches to Sugiyama’s 1.1.
Davenport ranks 8th of 85 in WTA Tour 2006 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Davenport’s team won 72%, Sugiyama’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sugiyama has 55 matches, Davenport 29 — 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.
67.6#15 of 85First serve in %57.7#73 of 85
59.8#50 of 85First-serve points won %66.8#8 of 85
57.3#23 of 85Break points saved %53.3#47 of 85
45.0#30 of 85Return points won %46.3#15 of 85
0.948 total · best 6#47 of 85Acesper game2.674 total · best 10#7 of 85
11.3621 total · best 19
Head to head
111 matches since 199310
Hard · 10 matchesSugiyama 1Davenport 9
Carpet · 1 matchSugiyama 0Davenport 1
Last meetings
26 July 2004 · San Diego · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-1 6-3
6 Oct 2003 · Filderstadt · Round of 16 · HardDavenport won 6-2 6-4
4 Aug 2003 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardDavenport won 6-2 6-1
24 Feb 2003 · Scottsdale · Round of 16 · HardSugiyama won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
4 Aug 2002 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardDavenport won 6-3 6-4
29 July 2002 · San Diego · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-1 6-1
11 Aug 1997 · Canadian Open · Round of 32 · HardDavenport won 6-2 7-6
12 July 1997 · Fed Cup WG1 PO: USA vs JPN · Round robin · HardDavenport won 6-4 7-6(1)
13 July 1996 · Fed Cup WG1 SF: JPN vs USA · Round robin · CarpetDavenport won 7-6(8) 7-5
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2006.
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#22 of 88
Games wonper game
12348 total · best 17#8 of 88
47.2#28 of 85Break points converted %44.4#59 of 85
51.9#44 of 88Sets won %70.8#5 of 88
51.4#32 of 88Games won %58.4#7 of 88
0.01 total · best 1#45 of 52Finalsper game0.01 total · best 1#25 of 52
1.267 total · best 2#36 of 88Sets wonper game1.646 total · best 2#6 of 88
1.162 total · best 2#51 of 88Sets lostper game · lower is better0.719 total · best 2#5 of 88
10.7587 total · best 17#51 of 88Games lostper game · lower is better8.6248 total · best 18#7 of 88
0.317 total · best 2#8 of 87Tiebreaksper game0.39 total · best 2#7 of 87
2.5138 total · best 9#67 of 85Double faultsper game · lower is better2.367 total · best 10#59 of 85
51.92,852 total · best 133#10 of 85Serve pointsper game45.51,318 total · best 123#28 of 85