QF Hanover 1998

Sabine Appelmans #21 def. Steffi Graf #43

6-3 7-6

Sabine Appelmans defeated Steffi Graf 6-3 7-6 in the 1998 Hanover quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 23, 1998*
Tournament: Hanover
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Sabine Appelmans	Steffi Graf
Country	BEL	GER
Birth date	Apr 22, 1972	Jun 14, 1969
Age	25	28
Height	168 cm	176 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	43
Ranking points (entering)	1,295	563
Elo (entering)	1,840	2,400
Current career W-L	284–205	876–110
Current career earnings	$2,041,247	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Sabine Appelmans #21 0 – 3 Steffi Graf #43

Path

Sabine Appelmans's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Magdalena Maleeva #29	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 1998	R16
Irina Spirlea #10	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 21, 1998	R32

Sabine Appelmans's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patty Schnyder #18	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 1998	SF

Steffi Graf's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrea Glass #102	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 1998	R16