QF Philadelphia 1997

Irina Spirlea #8 def. Monica Seles #5

6-4 7-6

Irina Spirlea defeated Monica Seles 6-4 7-6 in the 1997 Philadelphia quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 15, 1997*
Tournament: Philadelphia
Edition: 1997
Category: Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Irina Spirlea	Monica Seles
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Mar 26, 1974	Dec 2, 1973
Age	23	23
Height	175 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	5
Ranking points (entering)	2,244	3,161
Elo (entering)	1,951	2,231
Current career W-L	211–150	586–123
Current career earnings	$2,652,068	$14,891,762

Pre-match H2H

Irina Spirlea #8 1 – 5 Monica Seles #5

Path

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Maria Vento-Kabchi #53	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 1997	R16
Venus Williams #25	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 13, 1997	R32

Irina Spirlea's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lindsay Davenport #3	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 15, 1997	SF

Monica Seles's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy #16	4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 1997	R16