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Irina Spirlea#18 def. Naoko Sawamatsu#32

(w/o)

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1996*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Irina Spirlea
Score	(w/o)
Loser	Naoko Sawamatsu

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Irina Spirlea	Naoko Sawamatsu
Country	ROU	JPN
Birth date	Mar 26, 1974	Mar 23, 1973
Age	22	23
Height	175	167
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	32
Ranking points (entering)	73	43
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,834
Career W-L	211–149	182–127
Career earnings	$2,652,068	$1,107,264

Pre-match H2H

Irina Spirlea 0 – 0 Naoko Sawamatsu

Path

Irina Spirlea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1996	R32	Wiltrud Probst	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Irina Spirlea's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1996	QF	Monica Seles	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1996	R32	Joannette Kruger	0-6 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data