F Key Biscayne 1998

Venus Williams #11 def. Anna Kournikova #25

2-6 6-4 6-1

Venus Williams defeated Anna Kournikova 2-6 6-4 6-1 in the 1998 Key Biscayne final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 25, 1998*
Tournament: Key Biscayne
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Anna Kournikova
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Jun 7, 1981
Age	17	16
Height	185 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,973	1,226
Elo (entering)	2,041	1,997
Current career W-L	782–299	184–121
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$3,584,662

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #11 0 – 0 Anna Kournikova #25

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #1	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1998	SF
Silvia Farina Elia #31	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1998	QF
Rita Grande #39	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1998	R16
Olga Barabanschikova #55	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1998	R32
Tatiana Panova #73	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1998	R64

Venus Williams's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Anna Kournikova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #8	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1998	SF
Lindsay Davenport #2	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1998	QF
Conchita Martínez #9	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1998	R16
Monica Seles #4	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1998	R32
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #46	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1998	R64