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Serena Williams#96 def. Lindsay Davenport#3

1-6 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date Jan 16, 1998*
Tournament Sydney
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Serena Williams
Score1-6 7-5 7-5
Loser Lindsay Davenport

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldSerena WilliamsLindsay Davenport
Country USA USA
Birth dateSep 26, 1981Jun 8, 1976
Age1621
Height175189
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)963
Ranking points (entering)2573,578
Elo (entering)1,6302,166
Career W-L825–169704–190
Career earnings$94,816,730$22,166,338
Pre-match H2H
Serena Williams 0 – 1 Lindsay Davenport

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Path

Serena Williams's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 1998R16 Sandrine Testud 7-6 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 1998R32 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 3-6 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data

Serena Williams's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 1998SF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-2 6-1LH2HMatch data

Lindsay Davenport's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 1998R16 Anna Kournikova 6-2 6-7 6-3WH2HMatch data