SF US Open 1997

Venus Williams #66 def. Irina Spirlea #12

7-6 4-6 7-6

Venus Williams defeated Irina Spirlea 7-6 4-6 7-6 in the 1997 US Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 6, 1997*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Irina Spirlea
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Mar 26, 1974
Age	17	23
Height	185 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	66	12
Ranking points (entering)	411	1,828
Elo (entering)	1,788	1,974
Current career W-L	782–299	211–150
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #66 0 – 0 Irina Spirlea #12

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandrine Testud #17	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1997	QF
Joannette Kruger #45	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1997	R16
Anke Huber #8	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Gala Leon Garcia #64	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1997	R64
Larisa Savchenko #112	5-7 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #1	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1997	F

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Monica Seles #2	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1997	QF
Amanda Coetzer #5	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1997	R16
Lilia Osterloh #240	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1997	R32
Anna Kournikova #26	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1997	R64
Amy Frazier #37	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1997	R128