R32 Italian Open 1999

Venus Williams #5 def. Gala Leon Garcia #50

7-5 4-6 6-4

Venus Williams defeated Gala Leon Garcia 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the 1999 Italian Open round of 32 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 6, 1999*
Tournament: Italian Open
Edition: 1999
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Round: R32

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Venus Williams	Gala Leon Garcia
Country	USA	ESP
Birth date	Jun 17, 1980	Dec 23, 1973
Age	18	25
Height	185 cm	163 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	5	50
Ranking points (entering)	3,326	542
Elo (entering)	2,194	1,657
Current career W-L	782–299	117–141
Current career earnings	$43,194,440	$1,053,309

Pre-match H2H

Venus Williams #5 1 – 0 Gala Leon Garcia #50

Path

Venus Williams's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Venus Williams's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Anna Kournikova #13	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 7, 1999	R16

Gala Leon Garcia's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karina Habsudova #56	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1999	R64