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Monica Seles #4 def. Steffi Graf #8

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Monica Seles
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Steffi Graf

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Steffi Graf
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Jun 14, 1969
Age	25	29
Height	178	176
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,226	2,447
Elo (entering)	2,185	2,290
Career W-L	578–121	866–109
Career earnings	$14,891,762	$21,895,277

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles 4 – 9 Steffi Graf

Path

Monica Seles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Sandrine Testud	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Sabine Appelmans	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Tina Krizan	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Seles's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1999	SF	Martina Hingis	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Barbara Schett	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Mary Joe Fernandez	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Barbara Schwartz	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Paola Suarez	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data