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Martina Navratilova#2 def. Helena Sukova#7

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 1988*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Helena Sukova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Helena Sukova
Country	USA	CZE
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Feb 23, 1965
Age	31	22
Height	173	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	231	91
Elo (entering)	2,524	2,104
Career W-L	1,427–227	580–297
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$6,391,245

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 18 – 2 Helena Sukova

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Sylvia Hanika	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Akiko Kijimuta	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Anna Maria Fernandez	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Elizabeth Minter	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1988	SF	Chris Evert	6-2 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Belinda Cordwell	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Maria Lindstrom	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Louise Field	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Jamie Golder	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data