Ai Sugiyama vs Magdalena Maleeva — Gold Coast Quarter-final
Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2004 ·
hard
Sugiyama A.4-6 7-6 6-3
Maleeva M.
Sugiyama A.
4762
Maleeva M.
6631
Ai Sugiyama defeated Magdalena Maleeva 4-6 7-6 6-3 in the Gold Coast quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 6–2. Ai Sugiyama extended the head-to-head to 7–2.
Key context
- Match story: Ai Sugiyama dropped the opening set before beating Magdalena Maleeva 4–6 7–6 6–3.
Head to head
6–2| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-09 | Rome | R64 | clay | Ai Sugiyama | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2004-02-03 | Tokyo | QF | hard | Magdalena Maleeva | 6-1 6-1 |
| 2003-08-04 | Los Angeles | QF | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 6-2 4-6 6-2 |
| 2003-03-05 | Indian Wells | R32 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 6-4 6-3 |
| 2002-05-13 | Rome | R32 | clay | Ai Sugiyama | 7-6 7-5 |
| 2001-10-22 | Linz | R16 | hard | Magdalena Maleeva | 1-6 6-3 6-1 |
| 2000-01-17 | Australian Open | R128 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 7-6 7-6 |
| 1998-01-04 | Hope Island | R32 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 7-5 6-2 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.6
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (158 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.