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Jana Novotna #3 def. Venus Williams #6

7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1998*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Jana Novotna
Score	7-5 7-6
Loser	Venus Williams

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jana Novotna	Venus Williams
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Oct 2, 1968	Jun 17, 1980
Age	29	18
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	6
Ranking points (entering)	4,042	2,747
Elo (entering)	2,140	2,094
Career W-L	504–198	768–288
Career earnings	$11,249,284	$43,095,580

Pre-match H2H

Jana Novotna 1 – 0 Venus Williams

Path

Jana Novotna's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Irina Spirlea	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Corina Morariu	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Tatiana Panova	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Sandra Kleinova	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jana Novotna's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1998	SF	Martina Hingis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Venus Williams's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1998	R16	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1998	R32	Chanda Rubin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1998	R64	Barbara Schett	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1998	R128	Jana Nejedly	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data