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

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1997*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Jana Novotna
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jana Novotna	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Oct 2, 1968	Dec 18, 1971
Age	28	25
Height	175	169
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	3,181	2,568
Elo (entering)	2,168	2,046
Career W-L	504–198	708–267
Career earnings	$11,249,284	$16,942,639

Pre-match H2H

Jana Novotna 8 – 7 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

Path

Jana Novotna's path

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

Jana Novotna's next match

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

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

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