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Naoko Sawamatsu#30 def. Barbara Rittner#110

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1991*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Naoko Sawamatsu
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Barbara Rittner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naoko Sawamatsu	Barbara Rittner
Country	JPN	GER
Birth date	Mar 23, 1973	Apr 25, 1973
Age	17	17
Height	167	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	110
Ranking points (entering)	28	11
Elo (entering)	1,668	1,574
Career W-L	182–127	209–217
Career earnings	$1,107,264	$1,829,648

Pre-match H2H

Naoko Sawamatsu 0 – 0 Barbara Rittner

Path

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Elise Burgin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Naoko Sawamatsu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1991	R32	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-1 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Barbara Rittner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1991	R128	Sarah Loosemore	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data