Dinara Safina vs Ai Sugiyama — Gold Coast Round of 32
Gold Coast · WTA · Round of 32
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 January 2005 ·
hard
Safina D.6-3 6-2
Sugiyama A.
Safina D.
662
Sugiyama A.
320
Dinara Safina defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-2 in the Gold Coast round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ai Sugiyama came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending the title. Dinara Safina narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.
Key context
- Match story: Dinara Safina dropped just 5 games past Ai Sugiyama.
Head to head
2–3| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-12 | Sydney | SF | hard | Dinara Safina | 6-4 7-6 |
| 2007-03-19 | Miami | R32 | hard | Dinara Safina | 6-4 3-6 6-1 |
| 2003-09-15 | Shanghai | QF | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 6-4 7-6 |
| 2003-05-12 | Rome | R32 | clay | Ai Sugiyama | 6-0 2-6 6-4 |
| 2003-03-19 | Miami | R64 | hard | Ai Sugiyama | 3-6 7-5 6-2 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.7
5.0
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 147). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Dominant
68
42
Break points saved·Even
45
42
Break points won·Clear edge
88
66
Deciding sets·Dominant
83
54
Tiebreaks·Dominant
78
47
Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About