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Nathalie Tauziat#22 def. Venus Williams#79

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1997*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Nathalie Tauziat
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	Venus Williams

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nathalie Tauziat	Venus Williams
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Oct 17, 1967	Jun 17, 1980
Age	29	17
Height	165	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	79
Ranking points (entering)	1,069	321
Elo (entering)	1,907	1,727
Career W-L	546–330	768–289
Career earnings	$6,650,093	$43,077,000

Pre-match H2H

Nathalie Tauziat 1 – 0 Venus Williams

Path

Nathalie Tauziat's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R32	Mary Joe Fernandez	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Nathalie Tauziat's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1997	QF	Natasha Zvereva	6-4 5-7 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1997	R32	Chanda Rubin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data