QF Japan Women's Open 1997

Kimberly Po Messerli def. Shi-Ting Wang #38

4-6 6-3 6-3

Kimberly Po Messerli defeated Shi-Ting Wang 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1997 Japan Women's Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 19, 1997*
Tournament: Japan Women's Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Kimberly Po Messerli	Shi-Ting Wang
Country	USA	TPE
Birth date	Oct 20, 1971	Oct 19, 1973
Age	25	23
Height	160 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	38
Ranking points (entering)	—	640
Elo (entering)	1,860	1,793
Current career W-L	118–133	129–106
Current career earnings	$1,926,618	$775,356

Pre-match H2H

Kimberly Po Messerli 0 – 1 Shi-Ting Wang #38

Path

Kimberly Po Messerli's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jolene Watanabe #89	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16

Kimberly Po Messerli's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ai Sugiyama #30	7-5 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 19, 1997	SF

Shi-Ting Wang's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karin Kschwendt #115	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 18, 1997	R16
Haruka Inoue #160	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1997	R32