Cara Black vs Ai Sugiyama — Los Angeles Round of 64

Los Angeles · WTA · Round of 64
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 August 2001 ·
hard
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Black C.
5-7 6-1 6-2
Sugiyama A.
Black C.
5662
Sugiyama A.
7121

Cara Black defeated Ai Sugiyama 5-7 6-1 6-2 in the Los Angeles round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 32, but Cara Black had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 9 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Black C.Sugiyama A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 170). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw