R32 Indian Wells Open 1997

Irina Spirlea #11 def. Alexia Dechaume Balleret

6-7 7-6 6-2

Irina Spirlea defeated Alexia Dechaume Balleret 6-7 7-6 6-2 in the 1997 Indian Wells Open round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 13, 1997*
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R32

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

Field	Irina Spirlea	Alexia Dechaume Balleret
Country	ROU	FRA
Birth date	Mar 26, 1974	May 3, 1970
Age	22	26
Height	175 cm	165 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	—
Ranking points (entering)	2,002	—
Elo (entering)	1,952	1,620
Current career W-L	211–150	127–181
Current career earnings	$2,652,068	$949,605

Pre-match H2H

Irina Spirlea #11 1 – 0 Alexia Dechaume Balleret

Path

Irina Spirlea's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Irina Spirlea's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Elena Likhovtseva #19	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 15, 1997	R16

Alexia Dechaume Balleret's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karin Kschwendt #90	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 12, 1997	R64