Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 def. Jana Novotna #6

6-4 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date: Aug 2, 1996*
Tournament: Atlanta Olympics
Edition: 1996
Category: Olympics
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Jana Novotna
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Dec 18, 1971	Oct 2, 1968
Age	24	27
Height	169	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	199	138
Elo (entering)	2,175	2,128
Career W-L	720–271	510–201
Career earnings	$16,942,639	$11,249,284

Pre-match H2H

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #3 6 – 6 Jana Novotna #6

Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1996	QF	Kimiko Date #9	4-6 6-3 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1996	R16	Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #12	6-4 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1996	R32	Silvia Farina Elia #46	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1996	R64	Dominique Monami #40	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1996	F	Lindsay Davenport #10	6-7(8) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jana Novotna's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1996	QF	Monica Seles #1	7-5 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1996	R16	Ai Sugiyama #24	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1996	R32	Judith Wiesner #22	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1996	R64	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	6-4 4-4 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data