QF Gold Coast 2002

Venus Williams #3 def. Ai Sugiyama #30

6-2 6-4

Venus Williams defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-2 6-4 in the 2002 Gold Coast quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 4, 2002*
Tournament: Gold Coast
Edition: 2002
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Ai Sugiyama
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jul 5, 1975
Age	21	26
Height	185 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	30
Ranking points (entering)	4,128	910
Elo (entering)	2,359	1,743
Current career W-L	782–299	416–366
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #3 6 – 0 Ai Sugiyama #30

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patty Schnyder #37	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2002	R16

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nadia Petrova #39	7-6(1) 6-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 4, 2002	SF

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anastasia Myskina #59	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 2002	R16
Marlene Weingartner #42	6-0 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 2, 2002	R32