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Steffi Graf#1 def. Gabriela Sabatini#5

6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1988*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Gabriela Sabatini

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini
Country	GER	ARG
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	May 16, 1970
Age	18	18
Height	176	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	287	138
Elo (entering)	2,502	2,305
Career W-L	866–109	607–182
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$8,785,850

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 10 – 2 Gabriela Sabatini

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1988	QF	Bettina Fulco	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1988	R16	Nathalie Tauziat	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1988	R32	Susan Sloane Lundy	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1988	R64	Ronni Reis	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1988	R128	Nathalie Guerree Spitzer	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1988	F	Natasha Zvereva	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Gabriela Sabatini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1988	QF	Helen Kelesi	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1988	R16	Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1988	R32	Masako Yanagi	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1988	R64	Karen Schimper	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 1988	R128	Maider Laval	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data