R16 Sydney International 1996

Kimiko Date #5 def. Irina Spirlea #25

6-4 6-3

Kimiko Date defeated Irina Spirlea 6-4 6-3 in the 1996 Sydney International round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 12, 1996*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Kimiko Date	Irina Spirlea
Country	JPN	ROU
Birth date	Sep 28, 1970	Mar 26, 1974
Age	25	21
Height	163 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	25
Ranking points (entering)	153	52
Elo (entering)	2,029	1,812
Current career W-L	245–190	211–150
Current career earnings	$3,988,378	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Kimiko Date #5 0 – 0 Irina Spirlea #25

Path

Kimiko Date's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kimiko Date's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Chanda Rubin #15	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 13, 1996	QF

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 11, 1996	R32