Ai Sugiyama vs Eugenia Kulikovskaya — Scottsdale Round of 32

Scottsdale · WTA · Round of 32

JPN

Ai Sugiyama

51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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2 — 0

Sets

Monday, 24 February 2003 · 00:00

hard

RUS

Eugenia Kulikovskaya

47 yrs · 163 cm · Left-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

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Sugiyama A.

6-3 6-1

Kulikovskaya E.

Sugiyama A.

662

Kulikovskaya E.

310

Ai Sugiyama defeated Eugenia Kulikovskaya 6-3 6-1 in the Scottsdale round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Match story: Ai Sugiyama dropped just 4 games past Eugenia Kulikovskaya.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Sugiyama A.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Kulikovskaya E.

Kulikovskaya E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sugiyama A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season

Sugiyama A.Kulikovskaya E.

1st serve in·Even

64%

1st serve points won·Even

60%

59%

2nd serve points won·Even

44%

41%

Service points won·Even

54%

53%

Return points won·Slight edge

45%

38%

Break points saved·Clear edge

55%

41%

Aces / match·Even

1.1

1.0

Double faults / match·Dominant

5.0

2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (170 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Ai Sugiyama vs Eugenia Kulikovskaya — Scottsdale Round of 32

Key context

Head to head

Serve vs return

Statistics

Draw

Serve vs return