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Melanie Klaffner v Ai Sugiyama: stats compared | Lineball
Sugiyama wins on break points saved %. Klaffner’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Klaffner 23 matches, Sugiyama 809 matches.
Sugiyama has the better break points saved %: 55.1 to Klaffner’s 43.3.
Klaffner averages 1.0 aces a match to Sugiyama’s 0.5 (90% more).
Klaffner averages 1.7 double faults a match to Sugiyama’s 2.4.
Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 53%, Klaffner’s team won 30% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sugiyama has 809 matches across 18 seasons, Klaffner 23 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
–Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
62.4First serve in %64.2
57.8First-serve points won %60.1
43.3Break points saved %55.1
44.9Return points won %45.5
1.021 total · best 6Acesper game0.5182 total · best 7
9.2211 total · best 18
Head to head
01 match since 20061
Hard · 1 matchKlaffner 0Sugiyama 1
Last meetings
15 July 2006 · Fed Cup WG PO: JPN vs AUT · Round robin · HardSugiyama won 7-5 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Games wonper game
11.18,973 total · best 20
47.8Break points converted %44.9
37.7Sets won %51.9
44.7Games won %50.8
–Finalsper game0.013 total · best 1
0.920 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2976 total · best 2
1.433 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1906 total · best 2
11.4261 total · best 18Games lostper game · lower is better10.88,709 total · best 23
0.25 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2177 total · best 2
1.737 total · best 6Double faultsper game · lower is better2.4854 total · best 17