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Sandra Kleinova #59 def. Irina Spirlea #7

3-6 5-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 1997*
Tournament	Zurich
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sandra Kleinova
Score	3-6 5-1 (ret.)
Loser	Irina Spirlea

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sandra Kleinova	Irina Spirlea
Country	CZE	ROU
Birth date	May 8, 1978	Mar 26, 1974
Age	19	23
Height	177	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	59	7
Ranking points (entering)	454	2,418
Elo (entering)	1,585	1,978
Career W-L	59–119	211–149
Career earnings	$770,761	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Sandra Kleinova 0 – 1 Irina Spirlea

Path

Sandra Kleinova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1997	R32	Magdalena Maleeva	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sandra Kleinova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1997	QF	Jana Novotna	2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Irina Spirlea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 1997	R32	Naoko Sawamatsu	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data