Career 1996 1994 Too close to call — 3–3 on categories Tanaka wins on sets lost. WTA Tour career: Tanaka 10 matches, Sugiyama 809 matches.
Tanaka averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Sugiyama’s 1.1. Tanaka has the better sets won %: 59.1 to Sugiyama’s 51.9. Tanaka averages 1.3 sets won a match to Sugiyama’s 1.2 (7% more). Winners’ edge: Tanaka’s team won 60%, Sugiyama’s team won 53% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sugiyama has 809 matches across 18 seasons, Tanaka 10 in 2 — 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.
– Titlesper game 0.0 6 total · best 1
– First serve in % 64.2
– First-serve points won % 60.1
– Break points saved % 55.1
– Return points won % 45.5
– Acesper game 0.5 182 total · best 7
10.8 108 total · best 17 Games wonper game 11.1 8,973 total · best 20
Head to head 0 1 match 1
Hard · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 20 Sept 1994 · Tokyo Nichirei · Round of 32 · Hard 6-2 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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