R16 Linz Open 2000

Venus Williams #3 def. Ai Sugiyama #32

7-5 6-2

Venus Williams defeated Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-2 in the 2000 Linz Open round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 18, 2000*
Tournament: Linz Open
Edition: 2000
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

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	20	25
Height	185 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	32
Ranking points (entering)	3,867	913
Elo (entering)	2,354	1,704
Current career W-L	782–299	416–366
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #3 5 – 0 Ai Sugiyama #32

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elena Likhovtseva #30	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 2000	QF

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magui Serna #37	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2000	R32