SF Wimbledon 1997

Jana Novotna #3 def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6

6-4 6-2

Jana Novotna defeated Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-4 6-2 in the 1997 Wimbledon semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 6, 1997*
Tournament: Wimbledon
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Jana Novotna	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1968	Dec 18, 1971
Age	28	25
Height	175 cm	169 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,181	2,568
Elo (entering)	2,174	2,050
Current career W-L	510–201	720–271
Current career earnings	$11,249,284	$16,942,639

Pre-match H2H

Jana Novotna #3 8 – 8 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #6

Path

Jana Novotna's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yayuk Basuki #26	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF
Mary Joe Fernandez #13	5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1997	R16
Gala Leon Garcia #121	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Elena Likhovtseva #24	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Wiltrud Probst #90	6-4 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128

Jana Novotna's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Martina Hingis #1	6-2 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 7, 1997	F

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nathalie Tauziat #22	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 4, 1997	QF
Mary Pierce #9	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 2, 1997	R16
Florencia Labat #36	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 29, 1997	R32
Emmanuelle Gagliardi #104	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1997	R64
Clare Wood #365	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1997	R128