Jana Novotna #6 def. Mary Joe Fernandez #8

7-6(8) 6-4

Match Information

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

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jana Novotna	Mary Joe Fernandez
Country	CZE	—
Birth date	Oct 2, 1968	Aug 19, 1971
Age	27	24
Height	175	176
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	8
Ranking points (entering)	138	126
Elo (entering)	2,114	2,052
Career W-L	510–201	417–195
Career earnings	$11,249,284	$5,258,471

Pre-match H2H

Jana Novotna #6 3 – 2 Mary Joe Fernandez #8

Path

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

Jana Novotna's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mary Joe Fernandez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1996	QF	Conchita Martínez #2	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1996	R16	Ines Gorrochategui #82	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1996	R32	Shi-Ting Wang #41	7-6(4) 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1996	R64	Elena Likhovtseva #29	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data