QF Sydney International 1998

Serena Williams #96 def. Lindsay Davenport #3

1-6 7-5 7-5

Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport 1-6 7-5 7-5 in the 1998 Sydney International quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 16, 1998*
Tournament: Sydney International
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Jun 8, 1976
Age	16	21
Height	175 cm	189 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	96	3
Ranking points (entering)	257	3,578
Elo (entering)	1,630	2,170
Current career W-L	837–172	711–191
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$22,166,338

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #96 0 – 1 Lindsay Davenport #3

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sandrine Testud #13	7-6 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1998	R16
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #48	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 14, 1998	R32

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #9	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 1998	SF

Lindsay Davenport's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anna Kournikova #30	6-2 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1998	R16