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Serena Williams #1 def. Ai Sugiyama #15

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Serena Williams
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Ai Sugiyama

Stat	Serena Williams	Ai Sugiyama
Aces	0	0
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	69	46
Second serve points won %	54	52
Break points saved %	57	44
Break points converted %	56	43
Service points won %	63	48
Return points won %	52	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Ai Sugiyama
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jul 5, 1975
Age	21	27
Height	175	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	6,552	1,567
Elo (entering)	2,356	1,870
Career W-L	825–170	411–362
Career earnings	$94,932,862	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams 2 – 0 Ai Sugiyama

Path

Serena Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Barbara Schett	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2003	R64	Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Barbara Rittner	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Serena Williams's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2003	QF	Amélie Mauresmo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ai Sugiyama's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2003	R64	Sandra Kleinova	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Virginia Ruano Pascual	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data