R16 Italian Open 1993

Martina Navratilova #4 def. Naoko Sawamatsu #25

6-4 6-4

Martina Navratilova defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 6-4 6-4 in the 1993 Italian Open round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 7, 1993*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1993
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Naoko Sawamatsu
Country	USA	JPN
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Mar 23, 1973
Age	36	20
Height	173 cm	167 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	25
Ranking points (entering)	195	42
Elo (entering)	2,385	1,818
Current career W-L	1,419–228	183–129
Current career earnings	$21,626,089	$1,107,264

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova #4 0 – 0 Naoko Sawamatsu #25

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Debbie Graham #50	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1993	R32

Martina Navratilova's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Conchita Martínez #8	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1993	QF

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Katerina Kroupova #86	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 6, 1993	R32
Bettina Fulco #120	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1993	R64