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Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario#5 def. Monica Seles#8

7-6(5) 0-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 7, 1998*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Score	7-6(5) 0-6 6-2
Loser	Monica Seles

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Monica Seles
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Dec 18, 1971	Dec 2, 1973
Age	26	24
Height	169	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	8
Ranking points (entering)	2,716	2,520
Elo (entering)	2,069	2,135
Career W-L	708–267	578–121
Career earnings	$16,942,639	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 2 – 13 Monica Seles

Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1998	SF	Lindsay Davenport	6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1998	QF	Patty Schnyder	6-2 6-7(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1998	R16	Serena Williams	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Alexandra Fusai	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1998	R64	Catalina Cristea	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Jana Kandarr	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Monica Seles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1998	SF	Martina Hingis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1998	QF	Jana Novotna	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1998	R16	Chanda Rubin	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1998	R32	Barbara Schwartz	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1998	R64	Marion Maruska	2-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1998	R128	Annabel Ellwood	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data