Martina Hingis #2 def. Mary Pierce #14

6-2 6-2

Martina Hingis defeated Mary Pierce 6-2 6-2 in the 1997 Australian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 27, 1997*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1997
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Mary Pierce
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Jan 15, 1975
Age	16	22
Height	170 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	14
Ranking points (entering)	3,841	1,530
Elo (entering)	2,213	1,957
Current career W-L	516–127	465–218
Current career earnings	$24,749,074	$9,793,119

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis #2 0 – 3 Mary Pierce #14

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mary Joe Fernandez #17	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1997	SF
Irina Spirlea #10	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1997	QF
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie	7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1997	R16
Barbara Schett #34	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1997	R32
Lisa Raymond #26	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1997	R64
Barbara Rittner #46	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128

Martina Hingis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mary Pierce's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Amanda Coetzer #14	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 1997	SF
Sabine Appelmans #18	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 1997	QF
Anke Huber #7	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1997	R16
Marketa Kochta #182	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 1997	R32
Natalia Medvedeva #93	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 1997	R64
Elena Likhovtseva #16	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1997	R128