R16 Indian Wells Open 1998

Natasha Zvereva #23 def. Irina Spirlea #10

6-3 7-5

Natasha Zvereva defeated Irina Spirlea 6-3 7-5 in the 1998 Indian Wells Open round of 16 on hard courts on March 5, 1998.

Match Information

Date: Mar 5, 1998
Tournament: Indian Wells Open
Edition: 1998
Category: Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Natasha Zvereva	Irina Spirlea
Country	BLR	ROU
Birth date	Apr 16, 1971	Mar 26, 1974
Age	26	23
Height	172 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	23	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,230	2,287
Elo (entering)	1,911	1,931
Current career W-L	394–236	211–150
Current career earnings	$7,792,503	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Natasha Zvereva #23 2 – 1 Irina Spirlea #10

Path

Natasha Zvereva's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Naoko Sawamatsu #30	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R32
Sonya Jeyaseelan #82	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R64

Natasha Zvereva's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Steffi Graf #45	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	QF

Irina Spirlea's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fang Li #48	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 5, 1998	R32