R16 Shanghai 2001

Monica Seles #8 def. Saori Obata #109

6-4 6-2

Monica Seles defeated Saori Obata 6-4 6-2 in the 2001 Shanghai round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 12, 2001*
Tournament: Shanghai
Edition: 2001
Category: Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Saori Obata
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Apr 23, 1978
Age	27	23
Height	178 cm	165 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	109
Ranking points (entering)	2,508	356
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,513
Current career W-L	586–123	42–77
Current career earnings	$14,891,762	$652,031

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles #8 0 – 0 Saori Obata #109

Path

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lenka Nemeckova #140	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2001	R32

Monica Seles's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stephanie Foretz Gacon	6-1 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2001	QF

Saori Obata's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Na Li #264	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2001	R32