QF Chicago 1997

Serena Williams #304 def. Monica Seles #4

4-6 6-1 6-1

Serena Williams defeated Monica Seles 4-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1997 Chicago quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 8, 1997*
Tournament: Chicago
Edition: 1997
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	Serena Williams	Monica Seles
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Dec 2, 1973
Age	16	23
Height	175 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	304	4
Ranking points (entering)	54	3,294
Elo (entering)	1,552	2,259
Current career W-L	837–172	586–123
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #304 0 – 0 Monica Seles #4

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mary Pierce #7	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 1997	R16
Elena Likhovtseva #27	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 6, 1997	R32

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lindsay Davenport #5	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1997	SF

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magdalena Grzybowska #43	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 1997	R16