R16 Japan Women's Open 1997

Ai Sugiyama #30 def. Meilen Tu #91

6-2 6-2

Ai Sugiyama defeated Meilen Tu 6-2 6-2 in the 1997 Japan Women's Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Ai Sugiyama	Meilen Tu
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1975	Jan 17, 1978
Age	21	19
Height	163 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	91
Ranking points (entering)	814	276
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,563
Current career W-L	416–366	103–163
Current career earnings	$8,128,126	$1,590,412

Pre-match H2H

Ai Sugiyama #30 0 – 0 Meilen Tu #91

Path

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ginger Helgeson #547	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32

Ai Sugiyama's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Corina Morariu #117	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF

Meilen Tu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32