SF Canadian Open 1996

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 def. Kimberly Po Messerli

6-0 6-4

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated Kimberly Po Messerli 6-0 6-4 in the 1996 Canadian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 10, 1996*
Tournament: Canadian Open
Edition: 1996
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	Kimberly Po Messerli
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Dec 18, 1971	Oct 20, 1971
Age	24	24
Height	169 cm	160 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	—
Ranking points (entering)	209	—
Elo (entering)	2,187	1,691
Current career W-L	720–271	118–133
Current career earnings	$16,942,639	$1,926,618

Pre-match H2H

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario #2 1 – 0 Kimberly Po Messerli

Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Florencia Labat #57	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1996	QF
Amanda Coetzer #15	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1996	R16
Natalia Baudone #115	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1996	R32

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Monica Seles #1	1-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1996	F

Kimberly Po Messerli's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mary Joe Fernandez #8	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1996	QF
Rennae Stubbs #94	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1996	R16
Anke Huber #5	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 1996	R32
Christina Popescu	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 1996	R64