R32 Indian Wells Open 1998

Natasha Zvereva #23 def. Naoko Sawamatsu #30

6-4 6-3

Natasha Zvereva defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4 6-3 in the 1998 Indian Wells Open round of 32 on hard courts on March 5, 1998.

Match Information

Date: Mar 5, 1998
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R32

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Natasha Zvereva	Naoko Sawamatsu
Country	BLR	JPN
Birth date	Apr 16, 1971	Mar 23, 1973
Age	26	24
Height	172 cm	167 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	23	30
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	772
Elo (entering)	1,898	1,835
Current career W-L	394–236	183–129
Current career earnings	$7,792,503	$1,107,264

Pre-match H2H

Natasha Zvereva #23 3 – 1 Naoko Sawamatsu #30

Path

Natasha Zvereva's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sonya Jeyaseelan #82	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R64

Natasha Zvereva's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Irina Spirlea #10	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R16

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #46	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R64