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Kimberly Po Messerli def. Barbara Rittner #47

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 10, 1997*
Tournament	Indian Wells
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Kimberly Po Messerli
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Barbara Rittner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kimberly Po Messerli	Barbara Rittner
Country	—	GER
Birth date	Oct 20, 1971	Apr 25, 1973
Age	25	23
Height	160	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	47
Ranking points (entering)	—	501
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,724
Career W-L	118–133	209–217
Career earnings	$1,926,618	$1,829,648

Pre-match H2H

Kimberly Po Messerli 0 – 0 Barbara Rittner

Path

Kimberly Po Messerli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1997	R64	Ann Grossman	5-7 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Kimberly Po Messerli's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 1997	R16	Mary Joe Fernandez	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Barbara Rittner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 1997	R64	Tamarine Tanasugarn	5-7 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data