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Martina Hingis #2 def. Monica Seles #4

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 1999*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	Monica Seles

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Monica Seles
Country	SUI	USA
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Dec 2, 1973
Age	18	25
Height	170	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	4
Ranking points (entering)	5,565	3,226
Elo (entering)	2,273	2,206
Career W-L	515–126	578–121
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 6 – 2 Monica Seles

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Mary Pierce	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Amanda Coetzer	6-3 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Jelena Dokic	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Elena Dementieva	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Lilia Osterloh	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Hingis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1999	F	Amélie Mauresmo	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Seles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1999	QF	Steffi Graf	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1999	R16	Sandrine Testud	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1999	R32	Sabine Appelmans	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1999	R64	Alexia Dechaume Balleret	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1999	R128	Tina Krizan	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data