R16 Japan Women's Open 1997

Kimberly Po Messerli def. Jolene Watanabe #89

6-2 6-2

Kimberly Po Messerli defeated Jolene Watanabe 6-2 6-2 in the 1997 Japan Women's Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Kimberly Po Messerli	Jolene Watanabe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 20, 1971	Aug 31, 1968
Age	25	28
Height	160 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	89
Ranking points (entering)	—	277
Elo (entering)	1,855	1,577
Current career W-L	118–133	45–80
Current career earnings	$1,926,618	$517,164

Pre-match H2H

Kimberly Po Messerli 0 – 0 Jolene Watanabe #89

Path

Kimberly Po Messerli's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Kimberly Po Messerli's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Shi-Ting Wang #38	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	QF

Jolene Watanabe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nirupama Vaidyanathan #158	7-5 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32