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Meike Babel#579 def. Helena Sukova#46

4-6 6-4 12-10

Match Information

Date	May 29, 1997*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Meike Babel
Score	4-6 6-4 12-10
Loser	Helena Sukova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Meike Babel	Helena Sukova
Country	GER	CZE
Birth date	Nov 22, 1974	Feb 23, 1965
Age	22	32
Height	173	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	579	46
Ranking points (entering)	11	528
Elo (entering)	1,743	1,705
Career W-L	71–86	580–297
Career earnings	$546,800	$6,391,245

Pre-match H2H

Meike Babel 0 – 1 Helena Sukova

Path

Meike Babel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Emmanuelle Curutchet	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Meike Babel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1997	R32	Amanda Coetzer	6-4 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1997	R128	Sandra Dopfer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data