R64 Key Biscayne 1998

Serena Williams #40 def. Irina Spirlea #10

7-6 6-0

Serena Williams defeated Irina Spirlea 7-6 6-0 in the 1998 Key Biscayne round of 64 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 21, 1998*
Tournament: Key Biscayne
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R64

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Serena Williams	Irina Spirlea
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Sep 26, 1981	Mar 26, 1974
Age	16	23
Height	175 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	40	10
Ranking points (entering)	638	2,046
Elo (entering)	1,692	1,914
Current career W-L	837–172	211–150
Current career earnings	$94,948,662	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Serena Williams #40 1 – 0 Irina Spirlea #10

Path

Serena Williams's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Denisa Chladkova #59	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 1998	R128

Serena Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Barbara Paulus #26	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1998	R32

Irina Spirlea's path

No prior matches in this tournament.