R16 Zurich 1996

Martina Hingis #9 def. Irina Spirlea #17

6-3 6-3

Martina Hingis defeated Irina Spirlea 6-3 6-3 in the 1996 Zurich round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 18, 1996*
Tournament: Zurich
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Irina Spirlea
Country	SUI	ROU
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Mar 26, 1974
Age	16	22
Height	170 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	17
Ranking points (entering)	138	77
Elo (entering)	2,059	1,904
Current career W-L	516–127	211–150
Current career earnings	$24,749,074	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis #9 1 – 0 Irina Spirlea #17

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naoko Sawamatsu #34	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1996	R32

Martina Hingis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sabine Appelmans #23	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 19, 1996	QF

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandra Kleinova #159	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 1996	R32