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Gabriela Sabatini #5 def. Helen Kelesi #40

6-1 6-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1988*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gabriela Sabatini
Score	6-1 6-7 6-1
Loser	Helen Kelesi

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gabriela Sabatini	Helen Kelesi
Country	ARG	CAN
Birth date	May 16, 1970	Nov 15, 1969
Age	17	18
Height	175	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	40
Ranking points (entering)	139	19
Elo (entering)	2,297	1,901
Career W-L	607–182	213–164
Career earnings	$8,785,850	$905,972

Pre-match H2H

Gabriela Sabatini 3 – 0 Helen Kelesi

Path

Gabriela Sabatini's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	SF	Judith Wiesner	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	QF	Sylvia Hanika	3-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1988	R16	Neige Dias	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1988	R32	Amy Schwartz	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gabriela Sabatini's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Helen Kelesi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	SF	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1988	QF	Raffaella Reggi Concato	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1988	R16	Chris Evert	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1988	R32	Celine Cohen	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1988	R64	Laura Garrone	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data