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Steffi Graf#1 def. Chris Evert#3

6-1 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1988*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	6-1 7-6(3)
Loser	Chris Evert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Chris Evert
Country	GER	USA
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Dec 21, 1954
Age	18	33
Height	176	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	280	165
Elo (entering)	2,512	2,359
Career W-L	866–109	1,222–157
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$8,896,195

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 3 – 6 Chris Evert

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1988	SF	Claudia Kohde Kilsch	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Hana Mandlikova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Cammy Macgregor	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Janine Tremelling	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Amy Jonsson	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Chris Evert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1988	SF	Martina Navratilova	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1988	QF	Claudia Porwik	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1988	R16	Celine Cohen	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1988	R32	Patty Fendick	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1988	R64	Beverly Bowes	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1988	R128	Gretchen Magers	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data