Ai Sugiyama vs Virginia Ruano Pascual — Seoul Semi-final

Seoul · WTA · Semi-final
JPN
Ai Sugiyama
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006 ·
hard
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sugiyama A.
6-0 6-3
Ruano Pascual V.
Sugiyama A.
662
Ruano Pascual V.
030

Ai Sugiyama defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0 6-3 in the Seoul semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Virginia Ruano Pascual came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ai Sugiyama narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-24Roland GarrosR64clayVirginia Ruano Pascual6-7 6-2 6-1
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR128clayAi Sugiyama4-6 6-4 6-4
1999-02-22ParisR32carpetVirginia Ruano Pascual6-1 3-6 6-1

Statistics

This season
Sugiyama A.Ruano Pascual V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
48%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.1
0.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (140 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sugiyama A.Ruano Pascual V.
Clutch Rating·Even
42
40
Break points saved·Even
42
42
Break points won·Even
66
67
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
44
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
47
54

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw