R16 Los Angeles 2008

Flavia Pennetta #21 def. Ai Sugiyama #33

7-6(5) 6-3

Flavia Pennetta defeated Ai Sugiyama 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2008 Los Angeles round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatFlavia PennettaAi Sugiyama
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
61
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
16
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.2%49.3%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
67.4%65.7%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
51.5%47.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
80.0%42.9%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
60.8%56.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
57.1%20.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
43.7%39.2%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.7%47.3%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+5.1+0.7
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-0.7-5.1

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldFlavia PennettaAi Sugiyama
Country ITA JPN
Birth dateFeb 25, 1982Jul 5, 1975
Age2633
Height172 cm163 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2133
Ranking points (entering)1,195846
Elo (entering)1,7941,739
Current career W-L420–274416–366
Current career earnings$14,197,886$8,128,126
Pre-match H2H
Flavia Pennetta #21 0 2 Ai Sugiyama #33

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tamira Paszek 2-6 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 24, 2008R32
Aleksandra Wozniak #456-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2008R64

Flavia Pennetta's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sybille Bammer #307-6(3) 3-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 26, 2008QF

Ai Sugiyama's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Patty Schnyder #136-4 7-5WH2HMatch dataJul 24, 2008R32
Sabine Lisicki #816-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2008R64