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Francesca Schiavone #32 def. Ai Sugiyama #15

6-7(5) 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Francesca Schiavone
Score	6-7(5) 7-5 6-2
Loser	Ai Sugiyama

Stat	Francesca Schiavone	Ai Sugiyama
Aces	2	3
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	51	56
First serve points won %	70	52
Second serve points won %	40	49
Break points saved %	62	64
Break points converted %	36	38
Service points won %	55	51
Return points won %	49	45
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Francesca Schiavone	Ai Sugiyama
Country	ITA	JPN
Birth date	Jun 23, 1980	Jul 5, 1975
Age	23	28
Height	166	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,133	1,573
Elo (entering)	1,815	1,898
Career W-L	439–367	411–362
Career earnings	$11,324,245	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Francesca Schiavone 1 – 0 Ai Sugiyama

Path

Francesca Schiavone's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Tina Pisnik	7-5 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2003	R64	Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Eva Fislova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Francesca Schiavone's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2003	QF	Jennifer Capriati	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ai Sugiyama's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Nicole Pratt	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2003	R64	Virginie Razzano	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Conchita Martínez Granados	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data