QF Stanford 1998

Venus Williams #5 def. Elena Likhovtseva #26

6-2 6-4

Venus Williams defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-2 6-4 in the 1998 Stanford quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 1, 1998*
Tournament: Stanford
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Elena Likhovtseva
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Sep 8, 1975
Age	18	22
Height	185 cm	174 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	26
Ranking points (entering)	2,949	978
Elo (entering)	2,078	1,845
Current career W-L	782–299	358–340
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$6,237,555

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #5 1 – 0 Elena Likhovtseva #26

Path

Venus Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Corina Morariu #36	4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1998	R16

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Monica Seles #6	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 1998	SF

Elena Likhovtseva's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amy Frazier #60	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1998	R16
Marissa Irvin #480	6-1 4-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 1998	R32