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Steffi Graf#1 def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario#3

6-3 6-7(4) 10-8

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1996*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Steffi Graf
Score	6-3 6-7(4) 10-8
Loser	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steffi Graf	Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country	GER	ESP
Birth date	Jun 14, 1969	Dec 18, 1971
Age	26	24
Height	176	169
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	327	204
Elo (entering)	2,474	2,142
Career W-L	866–109	708–267
Career earnings	$21,895,277	$16,942,639

Pre-match H2H

Steffi Graf 25 – 8 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

Path

Steffi Graf's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1996	SF	Conchita Martínez	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1996	QF	Iva Majoli	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1996	R16	Mary Joe Fernandez	6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Petra Langrova	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1996	R64	Nicole Bradtke	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Larisa Savchenko	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steffi Graf's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1996	SF	Jana Novotna	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 6, 1996	QF	Karina Habsudova	6-2 6-7(4) 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1996	R16	Barbara Rittner	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1996	R32	Elena Likhovtseva	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1996	R64	Veronika Martinek	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1996	R128	Andrea Glass	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data