Sugiyama v Davenport

WTA Tour career

Ai SugiyamaJapan809 games · 1992–2009Most first serve in %

Lindsay DavenportUnited States918 games · 1991–2008Most titlesMost first-serve points won %

Lineball analyst1–13

Lindsay Davenport takes it, 13–1 on categories

Davenport wins on titles. Sugiyama’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Sugiyama 809 matches, Davenport 918 matches.

Davenport has 55 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Sugiyama’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
Davenport has the better first-serve points won %: 71.5 to Sugiyama’s 60.1.
Davenport averages 2.1 aces a match to Sugiyama’s 0.5 — 4.1 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Davenport’s team won 80%, Sugiyama’s team won 53% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, aces…): 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.

0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.155 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
64.2First serve in %59.2
60.1First-serve points won %71.5
55.1Break points saved %57.8
45.5Return points won %48.1
0.5182 total · best 7

Head to head

111 matches
since 199310

Hard · 10 matchesSugiyama 1Davenport 9
Carpet · 1 matchSugiyama 0Davenport 1

Last meetings

26 July 2004 · San Diego · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-1 6-3
6 Oct 2003 · Filderstadt · Round of 16 · HardDavenport won 6-2 6-4
4 Aug 2003 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardDavenport won 6-2 6-1
24 Feb 2003 · Scottsdale · Round of 16 · HardSugiyama won 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3
4 Aug 2002 · Los Angeles · Semifinal · HardDavenport won 6-3 6-4
29 July 2002 · San Diego · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-1 6-1
11 Aug 1997 · Canadian Open · Round of 32 · HardDavenport won 6-2 7-6
12 July 1997 · Fed Cup WG1 PO: USA vs JPN · Round robin · HardDavenport won 6-4 7-6(1)
13 July 1996 · Fed Cup WG1 SF: JPN vs USA · Round robin · CarpetDavenport won 7-6(8) 7-5

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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