H2H data updated: 2026-07-18 04:32 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 Rome second round 6-3 6-3.

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Vera Zvonareva
RUS Age 41 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

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

* Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 Finals 500 250 Titles
Vera Zvonareva #307 #2 7,935 2,077 459 268 63.1% 0 1 0 5 6 12
Ai Sugiyama #97 #8 2,400 1,951 411 362 53.2% 0 0 0 4 2 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 1,487 0 0
18 2003 45–22 67.2% #13 1,849 0 1 1994 9–11 45.0% #72 1,557 0 0
19 2004 54–27 66.7% #11 1,935 0 2 1995 16–17 48.5% #46 1,691 0 0
20 2005 21–21 50.0% #42 1,683 0 3 1996 22–18 55.0% #28 1,738 0 0
21 2006 37–22 62.7% #24 1,884 0 5 1997 31–25 55.4% #21 1,833 0 1
22 2007 30–14 68.2% #22 1,935 0 5 1998 37–21 63.8% #18 1,859 0 3
23 2008 58–22 72.5% #7 2,005 0 7 1999 27–23 54.0% #24 1,806 0 3
24 2009 34–14 70.8% #9 1,916 0 9 2000 20–24 45.5% #32 1,687 0 3
25 2010 49–18 73.1% #2 2,051 0 10 2001 28–25 52.8% #30 1,720 0 3
26 2011 54–22 71.1% #7 1,946 0 12 2002 35–26 57.4% #24 1,755 0 3
27 2012 9–9 50.0% #95 1,808 0 12 2003 44–25 63.8% #10 1,915 0 5
28 — — — — — — — 2004 30–22 57.7% #17 1,802 0 6
29 2014 3–5 37.5% #251 1,743 0 12 2005 28–27 50.9% #29 1,742 0 6
30 2015 7–8 46.7% #185 1,671 0 12 2006 28–25 52.8% #26 1,742 0 6
31 — — — — — — — 2007 17–21 44.7% #38 1,632 0 6
32 2017 3–1 75.0% #200 1,676 0 12 2008 26–21 55.3% #31 1,742 0 6
33 2018 6–9 40.0% #109 1,702 0 12 2009 9–19 32.1% #97 1,647 0 6
34 2019 6–7 46.2% #159 1,680 0 12 — — — — — — —
35 2020 4–6 40.0% #164 1,731 0 12 — — — — — — —
36 2021 11–11 50.0% #81 1,753 0 12 — — — — — — —
37 2022 3–8 27.3% #357 1,711 0 12 — — — — — — —
38 2023 4–8 33.3% #272 1,683 0 12 — — — — — — —
41 2026 1–2 33.3% #307 1,646 0 12 — — — — — — —