R16 Paris 2002

Venus Williams #2 def. Meilen Tu #58

6-1 6-3

Venus Williams defeated Meilen Tu 6-1 6-3 in the 2002 Paris round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 9, 2002*
Tournament: Paris
Edition: 2002
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Meilen Tu
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jan 17, 1978
Age	21	24
Height	185 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	58
Ranking points (entering)	4,200	611
Elo (entering)	2,342	1,649
Current career W-L	782–299	103–163
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$1,590,412

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #2 2 – 0 Meilen Tu #58

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Silvia Farina Elia #13	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 2002	QF

Meilen Tu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Henrieta Nagyova #24	6-3 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 2002	R32