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Mary Pierce #15 def. Barbara Paulus #17

4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 10, 1997*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Mary Pierce
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Barbara Paulus

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mary Pierce	Barbara Paulus
Country	FRA	AUT
Birth date	Jan 15, 1975	Sep 1, 1970
Age	22	26
Height	178	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	17
Ranking points (entering)	1,537	1,406
Elo (entering)	2,051	1,919
Career W-L	460–215	229–138
Career earnings	$9,793,119	$1,294,445

Pre-match H2H

Mary Pierce 0 – 1 Barbara Paulus

Path

Mary Pierce's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1997	QF	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1997	R16	Monica Seles	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1997	R32	Ann Grossman	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1997	R64	Sandra Cecchini	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mary Pierce's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 1997	F	Conchita Martínez	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Barbara Paulus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1997	QF	Irina Spirlea	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1997	R16	Francesca Lubiani	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1997	R32	Adriana Rikl Gersi	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1997	R64	Kristina Brandi	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data