Ai Sugiyama vs Meng YuanIndian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
51 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 March 2007 ·
hard
40 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWWWL
Sugiyama A.
6-4 7-6
Yuan M.
Sugiyama A.
672
Yuan M.
460

Ai Sugiyama defeated Meng Yuan 6-4 7-6 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Meng Yuan came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Ai Sugiyama claimed a first win over Meng Yuan in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

01
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-01Japan OpenR32hardMeng Yuan6-3 6-3

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
64%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
40%
Service points won·Even
54%
51%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
49%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.4
4.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (103 vs 24). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
42
45
Break points saved·Even
42
44
Break points won·Even
66
68
Deciding sets·Even
54
55
Tiebreaks·
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw