Career 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Too close to call — 5–9 on categories Grande wins on titles. Sugiyama’s case rests on aces. WTA Tour career: Grande 405 matches, Sugiyama 809 matches.
Grande has 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Sugiyama’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches). Sugiyama has 182 aces (one every 2 matches) to Grande’s 19 aces (one every 3.7 matches). Grande averages a double fault every 4.2 matches to Sugiyama’s 2.4. Winners’ edge: Sugiyama’s team won 53%, Grande’s team won 44% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sugiyama has 809 matches across 18 seasons, Grande 405 in 14 — 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. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 6 total · best 1
68.6 First serve in % 64.2
62.2 First-serve points won % 60.1
57.9 Break points saved % 55.1
43.4 Return points won % 45.5
0.3 19 total · best 4 Acesper game 0.5 182 total · best 7
Head to head 2 5 matches 3
Hard · 3 matches 2 1 Carpet · 1 match 0 1 Clay · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 27 Jan 2003 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-1 4-6 6-2 8 Oct 2001 · Shanghai · Quarterfinal · Hard 6-7(3) 7-5 1-0 7 May 2001 · Berlin · Round of 64 · Clay 6-3 6-4 30 Dec 1996 · Hope Island · Round of 16 · Hard 6-7 6-2 6-3 1 Jan 1996 · Auckland · Round of 16 · Hard 6-3 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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