R16 Pan Pacific Open 2004

Venus Williams #14 def. Saori Obata #40

6-3 6-4

Venus Williams defeated Saori Obata 6-3 6-4 in the 2004 Pan Pacific Open round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 7, 2004*
Tournament: Pan Pacific Open
Edition: 2004
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Saori Obata
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 23, 1978
Age	23	25
Height	185 cm	165 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	40
Ranking points (entering)	1,593	806
Elo (entering)	2,232	1,666
Current career W-L	782–299	42–77
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$652,031

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #14 0 – 0 Saori Obata #40

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Chanda Rubin #10	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 8, 2004	QF

Saori Obata's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Julia Vakulenko #77	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 2004	R32