R32 Italian Open 2003

Ai Sugiyama #16 def. Dinara Safina #55

6-0 2-6 6-4

Ai Sugiyama defeated Dinara Safina 6-0 2-6 6-4 in the 2003 Italian Open round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 15, 2003*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2003
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R32

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Ai Sugiyama	Dinara Safina
Country	JPN	RUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1975	Apr 27, 1986
Age	27	17
Height	163 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,485	600
Elo (entering)	1,813	1,678
Current career W-L	416–366	304–161
Current career earnings	$8,128,126	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Ai Sugiyama #16 1 – 0 Dinara Safina #55

Path

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paola Suarez #30	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 2003	R64

Ai Sugiyama's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patty Schnyder #19	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 2003	R16

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Katarina Srebotnik #40	6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 2003	R64