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Naoko Sawamatsu #30 def. Petra Begerow #42

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 16, 1996*
Tournament	German Open
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Naoko Sawamatsu
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Petra Begerow

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Naoko Sawamatsu	Petra Begerow
Country	JPN	GER
Birth date	Mar 23, 1973	Apr 14, 1975
Age	23	21
Height	167	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	30	42
Ranking points (entering)	41	32
Elo (entering)	1,823	1,627
Career W-L	182–127	34–66
Career earnings	$1,107,264	$340,523

Pre-match H2H

Naoko Sawamatsu 0 – 0 Petra Begerow

Path

Naoko Sawamatsu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Naoko Sawamatsu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 1996	R16	Anke Huber	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Petra Begerow's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1996	R64	Florencia Labat	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data