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Monica Seles #1 def. Anke Huber #5

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 1996*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Monica Seles
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Anke Huber

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Monica Seles	Anke Huber
Country	USA	GER
Birth date	Dec 2, 1973	Dec 4, 1974
Age	22	21
Height	178	173
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	5
Ranking points (entering)	—	156
Elo (entering)	2,498	2,130
Career W-L	578–121	393–203
Career earnings	$14,891,762	$4,768,292

Pre-match H2H

Monica Seles 5 – 0 Anke Huber

Path

Monica Seles's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1996	SF	Chanda Rubin	6-7(2) 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Iva Majoli	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Naoko Sawamatsu	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Julie Halard-Decugis	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Katarina Studenikova	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Janet Lee	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Monica Seles's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Anke Huber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1996	SF	Amanda Coetzer	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1996	QF	Conchita Martínez	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1996	R16	Barbara Schett	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 1996	R32	Ludmila Richterova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1996	R64	Asa Carlsson	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1996	R128	Sandra Kleinova	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data