QF Luxembourg 1998

Mary Pierce #8 def. Ai Sugiyama #16

6-3 6-2

Mary Pierce defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-2 in the 1998 Luxembourg quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 31, 1998*
Tournament: Luxembourg
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Mary Pierce	Ai Sugiyama
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	Jan 15, 1975	Jul 5, 1975
Age	23	23
Height	178 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,520	1,644
Elo (entering)	2,109	1,865
Current career W-L	465–218	416–366
Current career earnings	$9,793,119	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Mary Pierce #8 1 – 0 Ai Sugiyama #16

Path

Mary Pierce's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor #40	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 1998	R16

Mary Pierce's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elena Likhovtseva #28	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1998	SF

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Barbara Schett #26	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 1998	R16
Kveta Peschke #58	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 1998	R32