R64 Australian Open 1997

Irina Spirlea #10 def. Joannette Kruger #137

6-1 6-1

Irina Spirlea defeated Joannette Kruger 6-1 6-1 in the 1997 Australian Open round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 17, 1997*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R64

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Irina Spirlea	Joannette Kruger
Country	ROU	RSA
Birth date	Mar 26, 1974	Sep 3, 1973
Age	22	23
Height	175 cm	179 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	137
Ranking points (entering)	1,718	168
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,637
Current career W-L	211–150	147–163
Current career earnings	$2,652,068	$1,083,908

Pre-match H2H

Irina Spirlea #10 2 – 0 Joannette Kruger #137

Path

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naoko Kijimuta #49	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128

Irina Spirlea's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Silvia Farina Elia #36	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1997	R32

Joannette Kruger's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dally Randriantefy #113	6-3 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128