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Steffi Graf#1 def. Claudia Kohde Kilsch#10

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 1988*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Claudia Kohde Kilsch

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Claudia Kohde Kilsch
Country	GER	—
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Dec 11, 1963
Age	18	24
Height	176	187
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	10
Ranking points (entering)	280	70
Elo (entering)	2,510	2,024
Career W-L	866–109	401–233
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$2,227,116

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 4 – 2 Claudia Kohde Kilsch

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Hana Mandlikova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Cammy Macgregor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Janine Tremelling	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Amy Jonsson	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1988	F	Chris Evert	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Claudia Kohde Kilsch's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Anne Minter	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Radomira Zrubakova	3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Melissa Brown	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Jo Anne Faull	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Wiltrud Probst	3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data