H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Vera Zvonareva vs Ai Sugiyama H2H: 3-2

Vera Zvonareva holds a 3–2 lead over Ai Sugiyama in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on hard courts, while Vera Zvonareva leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Vera Zvonareva won the 2008 Italian Open round of 64 6-3 6-3.

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Vera Zvonareva
Russia Age 42 Right-Handed 172 cm / 5'8"
H2H
3 – 2
5 main-draw meetings
Ai Sugiyama
JPN Age 51 Right-Handed 163 cm / 5'4"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Vera Zvonareva #13 6-3 6-3 Ai Sugiyama #35 Match data May 14, 2008* R64 Italian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Vera Zvonareva #20 6-2 6-7(5) 6-0 Ai Sugiyama #40 Match data Mar 28, 2008* R16 Miami Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Ai Sugiyama #41 6-3 1-1 (ret.) Vera Zvonareva #22 Match data Jan 16, 2008* R128 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard
Vera Zvonareva #36 6-1 7-5 Ai Sugiyama #19 Match data Aug 2, 2006* R64 San Diego Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Ai Sugiyama #11 6-3 3-6 6-4 Vera Zvonareva #12 Match data Oct 25, 2003* SF Linz Open Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard

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
Vera Zvonareva #292 #2 7,935 2,089 466 270 63.3% 0 1 0 1 10 12
Ai Sugiyama #97 #8 2,400 1,951 416 366 53.2% 0 0 0 2 4 6

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 Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 2000 1–1 50.0% #349 1,512 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 — — — — — — — 1992 1–4 20.0% #184 1,477 0 0
17 2002 19–11 63.3% #45 1,680 0 0 1993 3–8 27.3% #145 1,486 0 0
18 2003 45–22 67.2% #13 1,848 0 1 1994 9–11 45.0% #72 1,556 0 0
19 2004 54–27 66.7% #11 1,926 0 2 1995 16–17 48.5% #46 1,665 0 0
20 2005 21–21 50.0% #42 1,681 0 3 1996 24–19 55.8% #28 1,751 0 0
21 2006 37–22 62.7% #24 1,886 0 5 1997 31–25 55.4% #21 1,837 0 1
22 2007 30–14 68.2% #22 1,938 0 5 1998 37–21 63.8% #18 1,862 0 3
23 2008 63–23 73.3% #7 2,024 0 7 1999 27–23 54.0% #24 1,807 0 3
24 2009 34–14 70.8% #9 1,936 0 9 2000 20–25 44.4% #32 1,679 0 3
25 2010 49–18 73.1% #2 2,055 0 10 2001 28–25 52.8% #30 1,718 0 3
26 2011 54–22 71.1% #7 1,948 0 12 2002 35–26 57.4% #24 1,755 0 3
27 2012 11–10 52.4% #95 1,847 0 12 2003 44–25 63.8% #10 1,915 0 5
28 — — — — — — — 2004 33–23 58.9% #17 1,808 0 6
29 2014 3–5 37.5% #251 1,772 0 12 2005 28–27 50.9% #29 1,741 0 6
30 2015 7–8 46.7% #185 1,688 0 12 2006 28–25 52.8% #26 1,743 0 6
31 — — — — — — — 2007 17–21 44.7% #38 1,633 0 6
32 2017 3–1 75.0% #200 1,689 0 12 2008 26–22 54.2% #31 1,713 0 6
33 2018 6–9 40.0% #109 1,707 0 12 2009 9–19 32.1% #97 1,627 0 6
34 2019 6–7 46.2% #159 1,682 0 12 — — — — — — —
35 2020 4–6 40.0% #164 1,733 0 12 — — — — — — —
36 2021 11–11 50.0% #81 1,764 0 12 — — — — — — —
37 2022 3–8 27.3% #357 1,719 0 12 — — — — — — —
38 2023 4–8 33.3% #272 1,687 0 12 — — — — — — —
41 2026 1–2 33.3% #292 1,648 0 12 — — — — — — —

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 Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama
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 %
15 2000 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1992 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
17 2002 3 4 7 42.9% 15 5 20 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1993 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
18 2003 19 14 33 57.6% 21 6 27 77.8% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 1994 6 7 13 46.2% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
19 2004 35 18 53 66.0% 12 6 18 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 1 3 66.7% 1995 5 8 13 38.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
20 2005 11 12 23 47.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1996 19 11 30 63.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 2006 23 14 37 62.2% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% 2 1 3 66.7% 1997 19 13 32 59.4% 3 5 8 37.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3%
22 2007 26 12 38 68.4% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 1998 24 9 33 72.7% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 6 5 11 54.5%
23 2008 47 18 65 72.3% 15 3 18 83.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 1999 18 11 29 62.1% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 6 10 40.0%
24 2009 31 11 42 73.8% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2000 11 13 24 45.8% 6 5 11 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 5 7 28.6%
25 2010 37 12 49 75.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2001 20 14 34 58.8% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
26 2011 42 16 58 72.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2002 26 16 42 61.9% 4 6 10 40.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0%
27 2012 5 6 11 45.5% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2003 29 16 45 64.4% 7 4 11 63.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 22 14 36 61.1% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 1 2 3 33.3%
29 2014 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2005 20 17 37 54.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 2015 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 22 18 40 55.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 10 15 25 40.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
32 2017 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 20 15 35 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
33 2018 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2009 7 13 20 35.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
34 2019 6 3 9 66.7% 0 4 4 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 4 5 9 44.4% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 7 6 13 53.8% 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 3 8 11 27.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 4 6 10 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 320 185 505 63.4% 100 55 155 64.5% 38 23 61 62.3% 8 7 15 53.3% — 280 216 496 56.5% 59 67 126 46.8% 38 39 77 49.4% 39 44 83 47.0%

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 483/704 of Vera Zvonareva's and 170/347 of Ai Sugiyama'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 Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama
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%
18 2003 12/67 1.8 2.9 63.2% 66.5% 49.6% 59.9% 50.5% 59.9% 48.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2004 13/81 3.2 5.2 55.1% 70.0% 43.0% 60.1% 47.6% 57.6% 49.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2005 15/42 2.3 3.6 57.0% 70.3% 51.1% 58.3% 51.2% 61.7% 46.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2006 38/59 2.6 2.7 59.3% 64.2% 45.7% 47.3% 49.2% 56.8% 45.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2007 37/44 1.9 4.1 58.8% 67.9% 48.4% 51.5% 52.8% 59.8% 46.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2008 67/86 2.2 3.9 60.8% 68.8% 48.8% 53.1% 56.3% 60.9% 48.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 2009 43/48 2.1 4.0 62.9% 68.5% 46.8% 60.9% 52.8% 60.7% 47.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
25 2010 62/67 2.2 3.1 65.1% 67.0% 48.5% 55.9% 50.3% 60.6% 47.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
26 2011 67/76 3.0 4.1 60.6% 69.9% 45.2% 54.3% 50.4% 60.1% 46.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2012 17/21 1.8 4.5 63.3% 63.7% 45.6% 53.7% 57.2% 56.9% 43.2% 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%
29 2014 8/8 2.8 4.3 63.3% 60.9% 41.6% 37.9% 26.3% 53.7% 39.9% 2005 7/55 1.4 5.0 65.8% 58.7% 40.3% 46.6% 51.4% 53.1% 42.6%
30 2015 15/15 2.2 4.7 62.9% 61.5% 44.9% 53.8% 49.2% 55.1% 44.1% 2006 37/53 1.3 3.7 67.8% 60.4% 43.2% 56.7% 47.8% 54.8% 44.7%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 36/38 1.2 5.6 62.8% 58.7% 42.4% 52.3% 50.3% 52.7% 47.1%
32 2017 4/4 0.5 2.5 67.7% 68.1% 52.8% 56.0% 49.5% 63.1% 45.0% 2008 41/48 0.9 5.3 63.3% 60.9% 43.5% 52.1% 43.6% 54.4% 45.4%
33 2018 15/15 1.7 3.4 61.8% 58.9% 47.4% 51.4% 50.0% 54.3% 45.2% 2009 26/28 0.8 4.9 65.4% 58.3% 42.7% 43.8% 45.1% 52.8% 41.1%
34 2019 13/13 1.6 4.3 65.3% 61.5% 43.8% 53.7% 46.1% 55.2% 38.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 10/10 2.2 2.0 63.7% 64.2% 49.2% 59.5% 54.3% 58.4% 40.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 21/22 1.8 3.4 67.1% 62.3% 41.4% 50.3% 50.8% 55.3% 44.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 11/11 1.4 3.5 66.6% 60.0% 48.4% 53.8% 45.5% 56.2% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 12/12 0.5 4.2 61.3% 59.4% 44.8% 56.4% 52.9% 54.0% 40.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 3/3 0.7 2.3 68.7% 67.0% 35.3% 55.0% 28.2% 57.0% 38.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 483/736 2.2 3.7 62.0% 66.4% 46.7% 54.1% 51.0% 58.9% 46.0% — 170/782 1.1 4.9 64.3% 60.3% 43.2% 52.6% 46.7% 54.1% 45.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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 Vera Zvonareva Ai Sugiyama
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
15 2000 1513 109.7 — — — — — — — 40.0% +0.40 1–0 0–2 — +0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1992 1478 102.6 — — — — +34 — — 30.8% -1.31 1–2 (33%) 0–2 — +0.31
17 2002 1681 130.0 — — — — -116 +62 — 62.7% +0.87 3–6 (33%) 5–5 (50%) 98.7 +0.60 1993 1487 125.5 — — — — +44 — — 37.0% -0.89 1–4 (20%) — — -0.26
18 2003 1849 149.5 +2.41 +2.44 1.198 53.8% -99 +67 -140 64.4% +1.28 13–13 (50%) 5–5 (50%) 98.7 +0.83 1994 1557 120.7 — — — — +41 — — 47.8% +0.13 4–4 (50%) 1–2 (33%) — +1.49
19 2004 1926 159.6 +2.15 +4.28 1.171 53.5% -42 +34 -139 63.7% +0.91 12–12 (50%) 11–4 (73%) 104.9 -1.01 1995 1665 135.9 — — — — -9 -11 — 49.3% +0.23 4–7 (36%) 3–0 (100%) 101.9 +0.28
20 2005 1682 124.3 +3.53 +1.85 1.223 53.6% +13 +211 +48 52.7% +0.41 4–7 (36%) 5–4 (56%) 93.2 +2.39 1996 1751 143.7 — — — — -8 -156 -152 54.3% +0.29 5–5 (50%) 3–3 (50%) 99.1 +0.30
21 2006 1887 151.9 +1.25 +1.19 1.042 50.9% -32 -64 -5 60.0% +0.96 8–5 (62%) 7–4 (64%) 104.1 -4.89 1997 1837 150.1 — — — — +27 -234 -204 51.5% 0.00 14–8 (64%) 11–8 (58%) 106.9 -1.35
22 2007 1938 159.4 +3.50 +2.92 1.164 53.1% -12 -46 — 64.9% +1.33 8–5 (62%) 4–6 (40%) 100.1 -1.53 1998 1862 153.1 — — — — +57 -206 -239 60.3% +0.68 12–5 (71%) 9–4 (69%) 107.7 +0.41
23 2008 2025 162.7 +5.37 +4.63 1.247 54.7% +3 -53 -198 69.5% +1.65 18–8 (69%) 10–12 (45%) 105.2 +0.64 1999 1808 151.0 — — — — +46 -168 -203 53.0% +0.21 8–7 (53%) 4–4 (50%) 99.6 -1.12
24 2009 1936 157.1 +4.96 +3.26 1.210 53.9% +35 — -104 70.2% +1.56 7–7 (50%) 5–7 (42%) 92.8 +0.96 2000 1679 137.5 — — — — +24 +5 -92 46.1% -0.54 5–7 (42%) 7–5 (58%) 99.7 -0.80
25 2010 2056 160.9 +5.32 +4.46 1.210 53.7% +6 -183 -117 69.6% +1.38 8–4 (67%) 6–0 (100%) 106.1 -1.28 2001 1719 138.7 — — — — +19 -57 -121 53.7% +0.17 10–11 (48%) 6–2 (75%) 102.9 -0.48
26 2011 1948 159.2 +4.89 +4.16 1.175 53.2% +20 -77 -4 64.2% +1.06 19–7 (73%) 7–8 (47%) 103.4 +0.93 2002 1755 141.6 — — — — +15 -109 -67 56.1% +0.32 9–8 (53%) 8–6 (57%) 100.6 -0.40
27 2012 1848 114.1 +0.30 +0.09 1.003 50.1% +15 +5 +97 57.9% +0.24 4–0 (100%) 4–2 (67%) 103.9 +0.54 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%) 105.4 +1.81
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%) 97.4 +2.38
29 2014 1773 110.5 -0.59 -1.20 0.861 46.7% +16 — +161 42.1% -0.84 1–2 (33%) 0–2 — -0.26 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%) 94.4 +2.95
30 2015 1688 118.9 -1.94 +1.69 0.982 49.6% +7 — — 51.6% -0.03 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) 98.5 -0.48 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%) 94.4 +0.98
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%) 98.7 +1.74
32 2017 1689 114.6 +3.30 +0.35 1.220 53.3% +1 — — 85.7% +2.43 1–0 — — -0.04 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%) 105.2 +0.32
33 2018 1708 125.4 -0.84 +1.40 0.988 49.5% +3 +98 — 36.7% -0.40 1–1 0–4 (0%) — -0.15 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%) 100.4 -0.98
34 2019 1683 119.4 -0.92 -3.02 0.863 47.1% +48 +50 — 44.4% -0.37 3–0 (100%) 1–1 — +0.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 2020 1734 131.1 +1.29 -1.13 0.967 49.4% +37 — — 43.5% -0.48 1–2 (33%) — — -0.02 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2021 1765 134.8 -0.98 +0.91 0.984 49.7% -16 +67 +165 53.3% +0.22 3–2 (60%) 2–5 (29%) 97.6 -0.13 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 2022 1720 126.8 -0.37 -0.35 0.927 48.4% -5 — — 36.0% -0.80 0–3 (0%) — — -0.32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2023 1688 120.5 -1.17 -1.18 0.877 47.7% -2 — — 31.8% -1.09 1–1 2–0 — -0.81 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 2024 1621 95.0 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
41 2026 1649 127.3 +0.98 -0.32 0.887 47.1% — — — 28.6% -1.00 1–0 — — +0.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2089 155.3 +3.01 +2.61 1.118 52.3% -8 +18 -32 61.5% +0.93 118–87 (58%) 76–72 (51%) 100.2 -0.48 — 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

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.