QF Oakland 1996

Monica Seles #2 def. Kimberly Po Messerli

6-2 7-5

Monica Seles defeated Kimberly Po Messerli 6-2 7-5 in the 1996 Oakland quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 9, 1996*
Tournament: Oakland
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Kimberly Po Messerli
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Oct 20, 1971
Age	22	25
Height	178 cm	160 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	—
Ranking points (entering)	322	—
Elo (entering)	2,395	1,801
Current career W-L	586–123	118–133
Current career earnings	$14,891,762	$1,926,618

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles #2 2 – 0 Kimberly Po Messerli

Path

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patricia Hy Boulais	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1996	R16

Monica Seles's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Irina Spirlea #15	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1996	SF

Kimberly Po Messerli's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1996	R16
Magdalena Maleeva #18	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 1996	R32