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Martina Hingis#1 def. Venus Williams#7

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Venus Williams
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Jun 17, 1980
Age	17	17
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	7
Ranking points (entering)	6,308	2,615
Elo (entering)	2,312	2,109
Career W-L	515–126	768–289
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$43,077,000

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 5 – 2 Venus Williams

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1998	R16	Anna Smashnova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Karina Habsudova	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1998	R64	Meike Babel	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	María Sánchez Lorenzo	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Hingis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1998	SF	Monica Seles	6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1998	R16	Henrieta Nagyova	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1998	R64	Ai Sugiyama	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data