QF Japan Women's Open 1998

Corina Morariu #54 def. Naoko Sawamatsu #30

7-5 6-3

Corina Morariu defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 7-5 6-3 in the 1998 Japan Women's Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 18, 1998*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Corina Morariu	Naoko Sawamatsu
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Jan 26, 1978	Mar 23, 1973
Age	20	25
Height	174 cm	167 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	30
Ranking points (entering)	470	819
Elo (entering)	1,617	1,820
Current career W-L	92–104	183–129
Current career earnings	$1,733,916	$1,107,264

Pre-match H2H

Corina Morariu #54 1 – 1 Naoko Sawamatsu #30

Path

Corina Morariu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Meghann Shaughnessy #148	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1998	R16
Sung-Hee Park #112	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1998	R32

Corina Morariu's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amy Frazier #46	4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1998	SF

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Haruka Inoue #111	4-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1998	R16