R16 Italian Open 1998

Martina Hingis #1 def. Irina Spirlea #10

6-1 6-2

Martina Hingis defeated Irina Spirlea 6-1 6-2 in the 1998 Italian Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date
May 8, 1998*
Tournament
Italian Open
Edition
1998
Category
Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface
Clay
Round
R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

FieldMartina HingisIrina Spirlea
Country SUI ROU
Birth dateSep 30, 1980Mar 26, 1974
Age1724
Height170 cm175 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)110
Ranking points (entering)5,8052,217
Elo (entering)2,3111,942
Current career W-L516–127211–150
Current career earnings$24,749,074$2,652,068
Pre-match H2H
Martina Hingis #1 4 – 0 Irina Spirlea #10

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Path

Martina Hingis's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Fang Li #436-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 7, 1998R32

Martina Hingis's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anna Kournikova #176-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 9, 1998QF

Irina Spirlea's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Virginia Ruano Pascual #366-3 7-6WH2HMatch dataMay 7, 1998R32
Julie Halard-Decugis #1356-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataMay 6, 1998R64