Steffi Graf #1 def. Kimiko Date #9

6-3 6-3

Steffi Graf defeated Kimiko Date 6-3 6-3 in the 1994 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 30, 1994*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1994
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Kimiko Date
Country	GER	JPN
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Sep 28, 1970
Age	24	23
Height	176	163
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	9
Ranking points (entering)	409	117
Elo (entering)	2,509	2,054
Career W-L	876–110	245–190
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$3,988,378

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf #1 2 – 0 Kimiko Date #9

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lindsay Davenport #19	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1994	QF
Sandrine Testud #115	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1994	R16
Barbara Rittner #33	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1994	R32
Nicole Bradtke #27	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1994	R64
Kimberly Po Messerli	6-1 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1994	R128

Steffi Graf's next match

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 31, 1994	F

Kimiko Date's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Conchita Martínez #4	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1994	QF
Ginger Helgeson #49	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1994	R16
Rachel Mcquillan #86	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1994	R32
Meredith Mcgrath #70	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 1994	R64
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1994	R128