SF Italian Open 2003

Kim Clijsters #2 def. Ai Sugiyama #16

6-3 6-2

Kim Clijsters defeated Ai Sugiyama 6-3 6-2 in the 2003 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 17, 2003*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 2003
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Kim Clijsters	Ai Sugiyama
Country	BEL	JPN
Birth date	Jun 8, 1983	Jul 5, 1975
Age	19	27
Height	174 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	16
Ranking points (entering)	4,519	1,485
Elo (entering)	2,206	1,846
Current career W-L	466–128	416–366
Current career earnings	$24,545,194	$8,128,126

Pre-match H2H

Kim Clijsters #2 2 – 3 Ai Sugiyama #16

Path

Kim Clijsters's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anastasia Myskina #11	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2003	QF
Cara Black #79	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 2003	R16
Virginia Ruano Pascual #39	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 2003	R32

Kim Clijsters's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amélie Mauresmo #6	3-6 7-6(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 18, 2003	F

Ai Sugiyama's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tina Pisnik #65	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 17, 2003	QF
Patty Schnyder #19	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 16, 2003	R16
Dinara Safina #55	6-0 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 15, 2003	R32
Paola Suarez #30	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 14, 2003	R64