SF Roland Garros 1987

Steffi Graf #2 def. Gabriela Sabatini #8

6-4 4-6 7-5

Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 1987 Roland Garros semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 6, 1987*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1987
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	May 16, 1970
Age	17	17
Height	176 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	221	70
Elo (entering)	2,444	2,106
Current career W-L	876–110	613–184
Current career earnings	$21,895,277	$8,785,850

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf #2 6 – 0 Gabriela Sabatini #8

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere #9	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1987	QF
Helen Kelesi #37	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1987	R16
Jana Novotna #94	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1987	R32
Iva Budarova #109	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1987	R64
Csilla Cserepy #85	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1987	R128

Steffi Graf's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Navratilova #1	6-4 4-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1987	F

Gabriela Sabatini's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #74	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1987	QF
Karen Schimper #165	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 1987	R16
Camille Benjamin #73	6-0 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1987	R32
Linda Ferrando #175	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 1987	R64
Marianne Van Der Torre	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1987	R128