Kimiko Date #25 def. Sabine Appelmans #22

7-5 3-6 6-3

Kimiko Date defeated Sabine Appelmans 7-5 3-6 6-3 in the 1992 Tokyo Japan Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 12, 1992*
Tournament: Tokyo Japan Open
Edition: 1992
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kimiko Date	Sabine Appelmans
Country	JPN	BEL
Birth date	Sep 28, 1970	Apr 22, 1972
Age	21	19
Height	163	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	22
Ranking points (entering)	43	44
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,834
Career W-L	245–190	284–205
Career earnings	$3,988,378	$2,041,247

Pre-match H2H

Kimiko Date #25 0 – 0 Sabine Appelmans #22

Path

Kimiko Date's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amy Frazier #18	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1992	SF
Monique Javer #87	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1992	QF
Mana Endo #76	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1992	R16
Petra Langrova #117	5-7 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1992	R32

Kimiko Date's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sabine Appelmans's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naoko Sawamatsu #34	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1992	SF
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1992	QF
Yone Kamio #180	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1992	R16
Noelle Van Lottum	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1992	R32