Maleeva v Sugiyama
WTA Tour 2004
Lineball analyst4–9
Ai Sugiyama takes it, 9–4 on categories
Sugiyama wins on break points converted %. Maleeva’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Maleeva 52 matches, Sugiyama 58 matches.
- Maleeva averages a double fault every 1.7 matches to Sugiyama’s 0.8.
- Maleeva has the better first serve in %: 65.2 to Sugiyama’s 61.1.
- Sugiyama has the better break points converted %: 46.7 to Maleeva’s 40.6.
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 game0.01 total · best 1#26 of 28
- 65.2#21 of 86First serve in %61.1#37 of 86
- 61.7#48 of 86First-serve points won %62.7#41 of 86
- 59.8#15 of 86Break points saved %60.4#13 of 86
- 47.1#25 of 86Return points won %47.4#21 of 86
- 0.420 total · best 6#30 of 84Acesper game
Head to head
411 matches
since 19957
since 19957
- Hard · 6 matchesMaleeva 1Sugiyama 5
- Carpet · 3 matchesMaleeva 3Sugiyama 0
- Clay · 2 matchesMaleeva 0Sugiyama 2
- Grand Slams · 1 matchMaleeva 0Sugiyama 1
- Finals · 1 matchMaleeva 1Sugiyama 0
Last meetings
- 9 May 2005 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClaySugiyama won 6-2 6-4
- 3 Feb 2004 · Tokyo · Quarterfinal · CarpetMaleeva won 6-1 6-1
- 5 Jan 2004 · Gold Coast · Quarterfinal · HardSugiyama won 4-6 7-6(4) 6-3
- 4 Aug 2003 · Los Angeles · Quarterfinal · HardSugiyama won 6-2 4-6 6-2
- 5 Mar 2003 · Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSugiyama won 6-4 6-3
- 13 May 2002 · Rome · Round of 32 · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2004.
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