QF Hanover 1999

Venus Williams #6 def. Barbara Rittner #68

6-2 6-1

Venus Williams defeated Barbara Rittner 6-2 6-1 in the 1999 Hanover quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 20, 1999*
Tournament: Hanover
Edition: 1999
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Barbara Rittner
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Apr 25, 1973
Age	18	25
Height	185 cm	173 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	68
Ranking points (entering)	3,014	400
Elo (entering)	2,112	1,704
Current career W-L	782–299	211–218
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$1,829,648

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #6 0 – 0 Barbara Rittner #68

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ai Sugiyama #26	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1999	R16

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Steffi Graf #7	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 1999	SF

Barbara Rittner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Silvia Farina Elia #20	6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1999	R16
Magui Serna #22	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 18, 1999	R32