SF Italian Open 1994

Martina Navratilova #4 def. Irina Spirlea #58

6-2 6-3

Martina Navratilova defeated Irina Spirlea 6-2 6-3 in the 1994 Italian Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 7, 1994*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1994
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Irina Spirlea
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Mar 26, 1974
Age	37	20
Height	173 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	58
Ranking points (entering)	164	26
Elo (entering)	2,194	1,706
Current career W-L	1,419–228	211–150
Current career earnings	$21,626,089	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova #4 0 – 0 Irina Spirlea #58

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naoko Sawamatsu #23	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1994	QF
Ines Gorrochategui #47	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1994	R16
Ludmila Richterova #114	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1994	R32

Martina Navratilova's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Conchita Martínez #3	6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1994	F

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Judith Wiesner #25	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1994	QF
Joannette Kruger #95	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1994	R16
Gabriela Sabatini #7	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1994	R32
Eugenia Maniokova #81	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 4, 1994	R64