Kimiko Date #9 def. Monica Seles #1

5-4 (ret.)

Kimiko Date defeated Monica Seles 5-4 RET in the 1996 WTA Tour Championships fourth round on carpet courts on November 18, 1996.

Match Information

Date: Nov 18, 1996
Tournament: WTA Tour Championships
Edition: 1996
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kimiko Date	Monica Seles
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Sep 28, 1970	Dec 2, 1973
Age	26	22
Height	163	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	1
Ranking points (entering)	137	312
Elo (entering)	2,063	2,371
Career W-L	245–190	586–123
Career earnings	$3,988,378	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Kimiko Date #9 0 – 3 Monica Seles #1

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.