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Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #7 def. Sabine Appelmans #21

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1997*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Sabine Appelmans

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Sabine Appelmans
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Dec 18, 1971	Apr 22, 1972
Age	25	25
Height	169	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,780	1,210
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,886
Career W-L	708–267	279–202
Career earnings	$16,942,639	$2,041,247

Pre-match H2H

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 4 – 0 Sabine Appelmans

Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1997	R32	Paola Suarez	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1997	QF	Patty Schnyder	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sabine Appelmans's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1997	R32	Gloria Pizzichini	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1997	R64	Naoko Sawamatsu	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data