Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Steffi Graf #2 def. Gabriela Sabatini #9

7-5 4-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1987*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	7-5 4-6 6-0
Loser	Gabriela Sabatini

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	May 16, 1970
Age	17	16
Height	176	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	9
Ranking points (entering)	219	66
Elo (entering)	2,433	2,100
Career W-L	866–109	607–182
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$8,785,850

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 5 – 0 Gabriela Sabatini

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1987	SF	Helena Sukova	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1987	QF	Bettina Fulco	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1987	R16	Sandra Cecchini	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1987	R32	Petra Huber	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gabriela Sabatini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1987	SF	Martina Navratilova	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1987	QF	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1987	R16	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1987	R32	Marie Christine Calleja	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data