Career 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 Kimberly Po Messerli takes it, 5–1 on categories Po Messerli wins on sets won %. WTA Tour 1992: Po Messerli 30 matches, Sugiyama 5 matches.
Po Messerli has the better sets won %: 46.4 to Sugiyama’s 30.8. Po Messerli averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Sugiyama’s 1.8. Po Messerli averages 1.1 sets won a match to Sugiyama’s 0.8 (34% more). Best single match: Sugiyama 18 games won, Po Messerli 16. Winners’ edge: Po Messerli’s team won 47%, Sugiyama’s team won 20% of the matches they played. Longevity: Po Messerli has 30 matches, Sugiyama 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Small sample: Sugiyama (5 matches) — treat the averages with care. Tale of the tape Per game, with league rank among regular players.
10.2 305 total · best 16 #55 of 88 Games wonper game 10.2 51 total · best 18
46.4 #65 of 88 Sets won % 30.8
48.3 #64 of 88 Games won % 42.9
1.1 32 total · best 2 #63 of 88 Sets wonper game 0.8 4 total · best 2
1.2 37 total · best 2 #67 of 88 Sets lostper game · lower is better 1.8 9 total · best 2
10.9 326 total · best 18
Head to head 3 5 matches since 1996 2
Hard · 4 matches Messerli 3 Sugiyama 1 Grass · 1 match Messerli 0 Sugiyama 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Messerli 1 Sugiyama 0 Last meetings 21 July 1997 · Stanford · Round of 16 · Hard Messerli won 6-3 6-1 17 June 1997 · Eastbourne · Round of 16 · Grass Sugiyama won 6-3 6-1 14 Apr 1997 · Tokyo · Semifinal · Hard Sugiyama won 5-7 6-4 6-1 13 Jan 1997 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · Hard Messerli won 6-0 4-6 6-3 16 Sept 1996 · Tokyo · Round of 16 · Hard Messerli won 6-2 6-7 6-4 Last 10 games Games won, oldest to newest in 1992.
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