SF San Diego 1996

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 def. Jana Novotna #6

1-6 6-2 6-3

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated Jana Novotna 1-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1996 San Diego semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 24, 1996*
Tournament: San Diego
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Jana Novotna
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Dec 18, 1971	Oct 2, 1968
Age	24	27
Height	169 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	226	136
Elo (entering)	2,185	2,138
Current career W-L	720–271	510–201
Current career earnings	$16,942,639	$11,249,284

Pre-match H2H

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 7 – 6 Jana Novotna #6

Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Katarina Studenikova #36	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1996	QF
Naoko Kijimuta #53	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1996	R16

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kimiko Date #9	6-3 3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 25, 1996	F

Jana Novotna's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandrine Testud #40	2-6 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1996	QF
Linda Wild #32	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1996	R16