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Corina Morariu#117 def. Naoko Kijimuta#54

6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1997*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Corina Morariu
Score	6-4 7-6
Loser	Naoko Kijimuta

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Corina Morariu	Naoko Kijimuta
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Jan 26, 1978	Mar 26, 1972
Age	19	25
Height	174	164
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	117	54
Ranking points (entering)	220	425
Elo (entering)	1,488	1,638
Career W-L	92–104	37–57
Career earnings	$1,733,916	$499,278

Pre-match H2H

Corina Morariu 0 – 1 Naoko Kijimuta

Path

Corina Morariu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Sung-Hee Park	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Corina Morariu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1997	QF	Ai Sugiyama	7-6 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Naoko Kijimuta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1997	R32	Eun-Ha Kim	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data