R64 Italian Open 1997

Sabine Appelmans #21 def. Naoko Sawamatsu #39

6-3 6-1

Sabine Appelmans defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 6-3 6-1 in the 1997 Italian Open round of 64 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 7, 1997*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R64

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Sabine Appelmans	Naoko Sawamatsu
Country	BEL	JPN
Birth date	Apr 22, 1972	Mar 23, 1973
Age	25	24
Height	168 cm	167 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	21	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,210	649
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,838
Current career W-L	284–205	183–129
Current career earnings	$2,041,247	$1,107,264

Pre-match H2H

Sabine Appelmans #21 1 – 1 Naoko Sawamatsu #39

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