H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Ai Sugiyama vs Mary Pierce H2H: 5-6

Mary Pierce holds a 6–5 lead over Ai Sugiyama in their WTA head-to-head. Across 11 main-draw meetings, Mary Pierce leads 3–2 on hard courts and 2–1 on carpet. Most recently, Mary Pierce won the 2006 Linz Open round of 32 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

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Ai Sugiyama
JPN Age 51 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"
H2H
5 – 6
11 main draw meetings
Mary Pierce
FRA Age 51 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Mary Pierce #29 7-6(3) 7-6(5) Ai Sugiyama #25 Match data Oct 26, 2006* R32 Linz Open Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Mary Pierce #14 6-0 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #38 Match data Aug 7, 2005* F San Diego Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Ai Sugiyama #10 6-2 6-4 Mary Pierce #34 Match data May 13, 2004* R32 Italian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Ai Sugiyama #30 6-4 6-4 Mary Pierce #74 Match data Jun 20, 2002* R32 Eastbourne Open Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Grass
Mary Pierce #295 6-3 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #30 Match data Apr 4, 2002* R32 Sarasota Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Ai Sugiyama #24 7-5 6-4 Mary Pierce #5 Match data Jan 25, 2000* R16 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Ai Sugiyama #27 6-4 3-6 6-3 Mary Pierce #6 Match data Oct 22, 1999* R16 Kremlin Cup Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Carpet
Mary Pierce #6 6-2 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #32 Match data Aug 13, 1999* R16 Manhattan Beach Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Ai Sugiyama #32 6-3 4-6 6-1 Mary Pierce #6 Match data Aug 5, 1999* R32 San Diego Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Mary Pierce #8 6-3 6-2 Ai Sugiyama #16 Match data Oct 31, 1998* QF Luxembourg Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Carpet
Mary Pierce #11 5-7 6-2 6-4 Ai Sugiyama #16 Match data Oct 23, 1998* R32 Kremlin Cup Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Carpet

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Ai Sugiyama #97 #8 2,400 1,951 416 366 53.2% 0 0 0 2 4 6
Mary Pierce #560 #3 3,797 2,145 465 218 68.1% 2 5 0 5 6 18

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Ai Sugiyama Mary Pierce
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 — — — — — — — 1989 0–3 0.0% #243 1,480 0 0
15 — — — — — — — 1990 6–7 46.2% #107 1,543 0 0
16 1992 1–4 20.0% #184 1,477 0 0 1991 21–9 70.0% #26 1,785 0 1
17 1993 3–8 27.3% #145 1,486 0 0 1992 32–10 76.2% #13 1,900 0 4
18 1994 9–11 45.0% #72 1,556 0 0 1993 38–15 71.7% #12 2,003 0 5
19 1995 16–17 48.5% #46 1,665 0 0 1994 43–16 72.9% #5 2,055 0 5
20 1996 24–19 55.8% #28 1,751 0 0 1995 35–14 71.4% #5 2,007 1 7
21 1997 31–25 55.4% #21 1,837 0 1 1996 18–12 60.0% #24 1,881 1 7
22 1998 37–21 63.8% #18 1,862 0 3 1997 45–15 75.0% #7 2,066 1 8
23 1999 27–23 54.0% #24 1,807 0 3 1998 35–12 74.5% #7 2,124 1 12
24 2000 20–25 44.4% #32 1,679 0 3 1999 45–19 70.3% #5 2,053 1 13
25 2001 28–25 52.8% #30 1,718 0 3 2000 29–11 72.5% #7 2,032 2 15
26 2002 35–26 57.4% #24 1,755 0 3 2001 6–8 42.9% #129 1,838 2 15
27 2003 44–25 63.8% #10 1,915 0 5 2002 14–13 51.9% #52 1,751 2 15
28 2004 33–23 58.9% #17 1,808 0 6 2003 23–17 57.5% #33 1,786 2 15
29 2005 28–27 50.9% #29 1,741 0 6 2004 25–17 59.5% #29 1,785 2 16
30 2006 28–25 52.8% #26 1,743 0 6 2005 41–12 77.4% #5 2,128 2 18
31 2007 17–21 44.7% #38 1,633 0 6 2006 9–8 52.9% #79 1,974 2 18
32 2008 26–22 54.2% #31 1,713 0 6 — — — — — — —
33 2009 9–19 32.1% #97 1,627 0 6 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Ai Sugiyama Mary Pierce
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 1 1 2 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
16 1992 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1991 12 6 18 66.7% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
17 1993 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1992 9 2 11 81.8% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — — 12 4 16 75.0%
18 1994 6 7 13 46.2% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1993 19 6 25 76.0% 13 5 18 72.2% — — — — 6 4 10 60.0%
19 1995 5 8 13 38.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1994 15 5 20 75.0% 16 6 22 72.7% — — — — 12 5 17 70.6%
20 1996 19 11 30 63.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 1995 25 6 31 80.6% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 1997 19 13 32 59.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 1996 4 4 8 50.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
22 1998 24 9 33 72.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 6 5 11 54.5% 1997 14 6 20 70.0% 21 4 25 84.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7%
23 1999 18 11 29 62.1% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 6 10 40.0% 1998 14 6 20 70.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 14 1 15 93.3%
24 2000 11 13 24 45.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 5 7 28.6% 1999 24 10 34 70.6% 11 5 16 68.8% 3 1 4 75.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
25 2001 20 14 34 58.8% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2000 13 6 19 68.4% 15 3 18 83.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
26 2002 26 16 42 61.9% 4 6 10 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 2001 5 4 9 55.6% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2003 29 16 45 64.4% 7 4 11 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 2002 1 5 6 16.7% 11 6 17 64.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 2004 22 14 36 61.1% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 2003 14 10 24 58.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
29 2005 20 17 37 54.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 5 1 6 83.3% 4 2 6 66.7%
30 2006 22 18 40 55.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 2005 19 5 24 79.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 1 5 80.0% 5 1 6 83.3%
31 2007 10 15 25 40.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 2006 6 7 13 46.2% — — — — — — — — 3 1 4 75.0%
32 2008 20 15 35 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2009 7 13 20 35.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 280 216 496 56.5% 59 67 126 46.8% 38 39 77 49.4% 39 44 83 47.0% — 207 99 306 67.6% 157 72 229 68.6% 27 13 40 67.5% 74 34 108 68.5%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 170/347 of Ai Sugiyama's and 60/152 of Mary Pierce's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Ai Sugiyama Mary Pierce
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
27 2003 12/69 0.8 5.8 60.8% 64.3% 45.1% 53.4% 43.3% 56.6% 48.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2004 11/56 1.2 4.5 60.8% 64.1% 45.3% 64.6% 47.8% 56.5% 48.7% 2003 9/40 3.9 1.9 64.5% 68.8% 54.0% 63.9% 46.3% 63.3% 44.5%
29 2005 7/55 1.4 5.0 65.8% 58.7% 40.3% 46.6% 51.4% 53.1% 42.6% 2004 7/42 1.6 2.1 67.0% 71.4% 54.8% 59.0% 37.4% 66.4% 41.8%
30 2006 37/53 1.3 3.7 67.8% 60.4% 43.2% 56.7% 47.8% 54.8% 44.7% 2005 28/53 3.1 1.5 68.1% 68.9% 54.4% 59.1% 48.4% 64.3% 46.0%
31 2007 36/38 1.2 5.6 62.8% 58.7% 42.4% 52.3% 50.3% 52.7% 47.1% 2006 16/17 3.5 1.4 67.3% 69.2% 47.5% 52.5% 42.1% 62.2% 42.2%
32 2008 41/48 0.9 5.3 63.3% 60.9% 43.5% 52.1% 43.6% 54.4% 45.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
33 2009 26/28 0.8 4.9 65.4% 58.3% 42.7% 43.8% 45.1% 52.8% 41.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 170/782 1.1 4.9 64.3% 60.3% 43.2% 52.6% 46.7% 54.1% 45.2% — 60/683 3.1 1.6 67.2% 69.2% 52.6% 58.1% 45.1% 63.9% 44.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Ai Sugiyama Mary Pierce
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 1480 106.2 — — — — — — — 14.3% -2.43 0–1 — — -0.34
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 1544 134.3 — — — — +3 +35 — 48.3% +0.52 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — +0.17
16 1992 1478 102.6 — — — — +34 — — 30.8% -1.31 1–2 (33%) 0–2 — +0.31 1991 1786 146.7 — — — — -38 -56 — 66.7% +1.33 6–2 (75%) 5–1 (83%) — +1.05
17 1993 1487 125.5 — — — — +44 — — 37.0% -0.89 1–4 (20%) — — -0.26 1992 1900 149.4 — — — — -37 -50 — 75.3% +2.01 4–3 (57%) 5–4 (56%) — +3.22
18 1994 1557 120.7 — — — — +41 — — 47.8% +0.13 4–4 (50%) 1–2 (33%) — +1.49 1993 2003 165.9 — — — — -4 -109 — 70.4% +1.83 6–5 (55%) 6–9 (40%) — +1.14
19 1995 1665 135.9 — — — — -9 -11 — 49.3% +0.23 4–7 (36%) 3–0 (100%) — +0.28 1994 2055 169.7 — — — — -25 -54 — 70.9% +1.86 5–4 (56%) 4–1 (80%) — +0.50
20 1996 1751 143.7 — — — — -8 -156 -152 54.3% +0.29 5–5 (50%) 3–3 (50%) — +0.30 1995 2008 168.6 — — — — +34 -13 — 72.1% +1.78 3–5 (38%) 2–2 (50%) — +1.10
21 1997 1837 150.1 — — — — +27 -234 -204 51.5% 0.00 14–8 (64%) 11–8 (58%) — -1.35 1996 1881 134.2 — — — — +65 +72 -205 58.3% +0.64 6–6 (50%) 3–2 (60%) — +2.43
22 1998 1862 153.1 — — — — +57 -206 -239 60.3% +0.68 12–5 (71%) 9–4 (69%) — +0.41 1997 2066 169.1 — — — — -62 +83 -301 68.5% +1.35 12–4 (75%) 6–3 (67%) — -4.07
23 1999 1808 151.0 — — — — +46 -168 -203 53.0% +0.21 8–7 (53%) 4–4 (50%) — -1.12 1998 2124 173.3 — — — — +36 -4 — 66.0% +1.50 12–0 (100%) 3–5 (38%) — -2.64
24 2000 1679 137.5 — — — — +24 +5 -92 46.1% -0.54 5–7 (42%) 7–5 (58%) — -0.80 1999 2053 167.4 — — — — +28 +14 -309 67.8% +1.34 10–7 (59%) 12–6 (67%) — +1.22
25 2001 1719 138.7 — — — — +19 -57 -121 53.7% +0.17 10–11 (48%) 6–2 (75%) — -0.48 2000 2033 163.9 — — — — -27 +116 — 72.3% +2.00 5–2 (71%) 2–2 (50%) — -0.29
26 2002 1755 141.6 — — — — +15 -109 -67 56.1% +0.32 9–8 (53%) 8–6 (57%) — -0.40 2001 1839 112.0 — — — — +44 +254 — 48.4% -0.13 0–3 (0%) 2–0 — +1.21
27 2003 1915 154.1 +1.48 +3.41 1.113 52.2% -8 -157 -164 58.3% +0.63 22–10 (69%) 7–7 (50%) — +1.81 2002 1752 124.6 — — — — +10 +260 +15 55.0% +0.35 3–5 (38%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.57
28 2004 1808 144.1 +0.61 +2.40 1.121 52.5% -4 -67 +28 57.5% +0.58 8–7 (53%) 4–8 (33%) — +2.38 2003 1787 140.5 +4.39 +0.45 1.214 53.8% -23 +157 +58 58.1% +0.66 6–4 (60%) 3–6 (33%) — -0.38
29 2005 1742 133.4 -1.10 -0.52 0.908 47.7% +17 -41 -12 51.1% +0.11 11–16 (41%) 6–4 (60%) — +2.95 2004 1785 145.7 +5.15 -0.28 1.246 53.7% -31 +86 +122 59.6% +1.00 2–3 (40%) 2–5 (29%) — -1.86
30 2006 1744 138.5 -0.78 +0.79 0.988 49.8% +9 -91 +46 50.8% +0.14 10–8 (56%) 2–14 (13%) — +0.98 2005 2128 166.4 +7.54 +2.70 1.291 54.8% -48 -147 -186 71.7% +1.54 8–1 (89%) 7–5 (58%) — -3.66
31 2007 1633 125.5 -2.23 +2.56 0.996 50.0% -7 +43 +130 47.3% -0.13 8–9 (47%) 5–4 (56%) — +1.74 2006 1975 136.3 +4.44 -0.56 1.116 52.0% -39 — — 55.9% +0.27 1–1 5–3 (63%) — -0.83
32 2008 1713 136.4 -0.29 +1.82 0.995 49.6% +26 -71 +32 48.5% -0.19 8–5 (62%) 5–5 (50%) — +0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 2009 1627 135.9 -1.68 -1.34 0.871 46.9% +43 -37 +108 35.6% -0.86 2–5 (29%) 4–3 (57%) — -0.98 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1952 148.1 -0.87 +1.32 0.986 49.6% +18 -90 -55 52.1% +0.15 142–128 (53%) 85–81 (51%) 103.0 +0.97 — 2145 166.5 +5.96 +1.15 1.225 53.8% -10 +27 -119 66.1% +1.33 90–58 (61%) 69–58 (54%) 101.5 -0.38

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.