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Irina Spirlea #23 def. Gabriela Sabatini #6

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 5, 1996*
Tournament	Hilton Head
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Irina Spirlea
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Gabriela Sabatini

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Irina Spirlea	Gabriela Sabatini
Country	ROU	ARG
Birth date	Mar 26, 1974	May 16, 1970
Age	22	25
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	6
Ranking points (entering)	54	139
Elo (entering)	1,849	2,035
Career W-L	211–149	607–182
Career earnings	$2,652,068	$8,785,850

Pre-match H2H

Irina Spirlea 1 – 2 Gabriela Sabatini

Path

Irina Spirlea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1996	R32	Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Irina Spirlea's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1996	QF	Barbara Paulus	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gabriela Sabatini's path

No prior matches in this tournament.