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Rita Grande#67 def. Silke Meier#86

6-4 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Rita Grande
Score	6-4 7-6(5)
Loser	Silke Meier

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rita Grande	Silke Meier
Country	ITA	GER
Birth date	Mar 23, 1975	Jul 13, 1968
Age	20	27
Height	177	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	67	86
Ranking points (entering)	23	17
Elo (entering)	1,631	1,550
Career W-L	172–218	81–141
Career earnings	$1,858,558	$522,976

Pre-match H2H

Rita Grande 0 – 0 Silke Meier

Path

Rita Grande's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Lisa Raymond	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rita Grande's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Elena Likhovtseva	6-3 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Silke Meier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Min Tang	0-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data