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Joannette Kruger#45 def. Tamarine Tanasugarn#41

6-7 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date Aug 31, 1997*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Joannette Kruger
Score6-7 7-5 6-4
Loser Tamarine Tanasugarn

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJoannette KrugerTamarine Tanasugarn
Country RSA THA
Birth dateSep 3, 1973May 24, 1977
Age2320
Height179165
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)4541
Ranking points (entering)581630
Elo (entering)1,8011,662
Career W-L147–162267–273
Career earnings$1,083,908$3,491,770
Pre-match H2H
Joannette Kruger 0 0 Tamarine Tanasugarn

Path

Joannette Kruger's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 28, 1997R64 Henrieta Nagyova 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Aug 27, 1997R128 Barbara Paulus 6-1 6-7 6-1WH2HMatch data

Joannette Kruger's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 1997R16 Venus Williams 6-2 6-3LH2HMatch data

Tamarine Tanasugarn's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 28, 1997R64 Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 27, 1997R128 Chanda Rubin 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data