R16 Strasbourg Open 1996

Nathalie Tauziat #20 def. Naoko Kijimuta #56

6-3 6-2

Nathalie Tauziat defeated Naoko Kijimuta 6-3 6-2 in the 1996 Strasbourg Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 24, 1996*
Tournament: Strasbourg Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Nathalie Tauziat	Naoko Kijimuta
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	Oct 17, 1967	Mar 26, 1972
Age	28	24
Height	165 cm	164 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	20	56
Ranking points (entering)	63	27
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,640
Current career W-L	548–333	37–57
Current career earnings	$6,650,093	$499,278

Pre-match H2H

Nathalie Tauziat #20 0 – 0 Naoko Kijimuta #56

Path

Nathalie Tauziat's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nathalie Dechy #115	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1996	R32

Nathalie Tauziat's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lindsay Davenport #10	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 25, 1996	QF

Naoko Kijimuta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ann Grossman #69	6-3 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1996	R32