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Helen Kelesi #40 def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #23

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 7, 1988*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Helen Kelesi
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Helen Kelesi	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country	CAN	ESP
Birth date	Nov 15, 1969	Dec 18, 1971
Age	18	16
Height	165	169
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	40	23
Ranking points (entering)	19	33
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,805
Career W-L	213–164	708–267
Career earnings	$905,972	$16,942,639

Pre-match H2H

Helen Kelesi 1 – 0 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

Path

Helen Kelesi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	QF	Raffaella Reggi Concato	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1988	R16	Chris Evert	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1988	R32	Celine Cohen	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1988	R64	Laura Garrone	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Helen Kelesi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1988	F	Gabriela Sabatini	1-6 7-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	QF	Bettina Fulco	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1988	R16	Sabrina Goles	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1988	R32	Linda Ferrando	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data