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Barbara Rittner #51 def. Sabine Appelmans #27

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 1996*
Tournament	Essen
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Barbara Rittner
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Sabine Appelmans

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Barbara Rittner	Sabine Appelmans
Country	GER	BEL
Birth date	Apr 25, 1973	Apr 22, 1972
Age	22	23
Height	173	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	51	27
Ranking points (entering)	30	45
Elo (entering)	1,739	1,825
Career W-L	209–217	279–202
Career earnings	$1,829,648	$2,041,247

Pre-match H2H

Barbara Rittner 2 – 1 Sabine Appelmans

Path

Barbara Rittner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1996	R32	Wiltrud Probst	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Barbara Rittner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1996	QF	Anke Huber	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Sabine Appelmans's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1996	R32	Lori Mcneil	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data