QF Japan Women's Open 2001

Monica Seles #9 def. Rita Grande #46

6-1 6-2

Monica Seles defeated Rita Grande 6-1 6-2 in the 2001 Japan Women's Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 6, 2001*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Rita Grande
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Mar 23, 1975
Age	27	26
Height	178 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	46
Ranking points (entering)	2,414	737
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,668
Current career W-L	586–123	173–220
Current career earnings	$14,891,762	$1,858,558

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles #9 2 – 0 Rita Grande #46

Path

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yoon Jeong Cho #128	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2001	R16

Monica Seles's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ai Sugiyama #38	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2001	SF

Rita Grande's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Barbara Schwartz #100	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2001	R16
Tina Pisnik #78	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2001	R32