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Steffi Graf#3 def. Helena Sukova#5

7-6 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 17, 1986
Tournament	Virginia Slims Championships 2
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	7-6 3-6 6-1
Loser	Helena Sukova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Helena Sukova
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Feb 23, 1965
Age	17	21
Height	176	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	5
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,325	2,160
Career W-L	866–109	580–297
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$6,391,245

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 2 – 1 Helena Sukova

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	QF	Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	R16	Lori Mcneil	7-5 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	QF	Pam Shriver	4-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	R16	Gabriela Sabatini	6-0 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	F	Martina Navratilova	7-6 6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	QF	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1986	R16	Gabriela Sabatini	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1986	R16	Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data