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Martina Hingis #1 def. Monica Seles #4

6-7(2) 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	6-7(2) 7-5 6-4
Loser	Monica Seles

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Dec 2, 1973
Age	16	23
Height	170	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	4,648	3,329
Elo (entering)	2,349	2,300
Career W-L	515–126	578–121
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 3 – 0 Monica Seles

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1997	QF	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1997	R16	Barbara Paulus	6-3 0-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Anna Kournikova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1997	R64	Gloria Pizzichini	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Henrieta Nagyova	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Hingis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1997	F	Iva Majoli	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Monica Seles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1997	QF	Mary Joe Fernandez	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1997	R16	Mary Pierce	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Nathalie Tauziat	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1997	R64	Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Miho Saeki	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data