QF Shanghai 2003

Ai Sugiyama #14 def. Dinara Safina #66

6-4 7-6(7)

Ai Sugiyama defeated Dinara Safina 6-4 7-6(7) in the 2003 Shanghai quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 20, 2003*
Tournament: Shanghai
Edition: 2003
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

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	28	17
Height	163 cm	182 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	66
Ranking points (entering)	1,611	577
Elo (entering)	1,882	1,757
Current career W-L	416–366	304–161
Current career earnings	$8,128,126	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Ai Sugiyama #14 2 – 0 Dinara Safina #66

Path

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tiantian Sun #168	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 19, 2003	R16

Ai Sugiyama's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elena Dementieva #8	1-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 20, 2003	SF

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Dokic #22	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 19, 2003	R16
Emmanuelle Gagliardi #60	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 2003	R32