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Akiko Morigami v Ai Sugiyama: stats compared | Lineball
Sugiyama wins on first-serve points won %. Morigami’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2008: Morigami 13 matches, Sugiyama 49 matches.
Sugiyama averages 0.8 aces a match to Morigami’s 0.4 — 2.1 times as many.
Morigami averages 1.5 double faults a match to Sugiyama’s 4.6.
Morigami has the better first serve in %: 69.4 to Sugiyama’s 63.2.
Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 51%, Morigami’s team won 31% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sugiyama has 49 matches, Morigami 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
69.4First serve in %63.2#35 of 80
53.7First-serve points won %60.7#54 of 80
51.8Break points saved %57.3#21 of 80
43.1Return points won %45.5#37 of 80
0.45 total · best 2Acesper game0.838 total · best 7#71 of 80
9.9129 total · best 15Games wonper game10.5512 total · best 19
Head to head
05 matches since 20025
Hard · 3 matchesMorigami 0Sugiyama 3
Grass · 1 matchMorigami 0Sugiyama 1
Clay · 1 matchMorigami 0Sugiyama 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchMorigami 0Sugiyama 1
Last meetings
26 June 2006 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassSugiyama won 6-2 7-5
19 Sept 2005 · Beijing · Round of 32 · HardSugiyama won 7-6(3) 6-4
1 Aug 2005 · San Diego · Semifinal · HardSugiyama won 6-4 4-3 ret.
17 May 2004 · Strasbourg · Round of 16 · ClaySugiyama won 1-6 6-3 6-2
30 Sept 2002 · Japan Open · Round of 16 · HardSugiyama won 6-3 7-5
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2008.
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#58 of 82
49.1Break points converted %43.6#66 of 80
40.0Sets won %47.3#58 of 82
46.7Games won %48.8#61 of 82
0.912 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.152 total · best 2#65 of 82
1.418 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.258 total · best 2#52 of 82
11.3147 total · best 16Games lostper game · lower is better11.0537 total · best 18#54 of 82
0.11 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.212 total · best 2#25 of 82
1.519 total · best 6Double faultsper game · lower is better4.6226 total · best 11#74 of 80
41.9545 total · best 104Serve pointsper game61.53,012 total · best 135#19 of 80
29.1378 total · best 73First serves inper game38.81,902 total · best 87#16 of 80