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Venus Williams#9 def. María Sánchez Lorenzo#81

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date May 7, 1998*
Tournament Rome
Category WTA 250
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner Venus Williams
Score6-1 6-4
Loser María Sánchez Lorenzo

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldVenus WilliamsMaría Sánchez Lorenzo
Country USA ESP
Birth dateJun 17, 1980Nov 7, 1977
Age1720
Height185171
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)981
Ranking points (entering)2,333321
Elo (entering)2,0711,624
Career W-L768–289127–180
Career earnings$43,077,000$1,268,365
Pre-match H2H
Venus Williams 0 – 0 María Sánchez Lorenzo

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Path

Venus Williams's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 6, 1998R64 Yayuk Basuki 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data

Venus Williams's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 8, 1998R16 Alexandra Fusai 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data

María Sánchez Lorenzo's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 6, 1998R64 Miriam Oremans 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data