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Irina Spirlea#18 def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario#2

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date May 11, 1996*
Tournament Rome
Category WTA 250
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner Irina Spirlea
Score6-4 6-3
Loser Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldIrina SpirleaArantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country ROU ESP
Birth dateMar 26, 1974Dec 18, 1971
Age2224
Height175169
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style—Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)182
Ranking points (entering)71232
Elo (entering)1,9392,164
Career W-L211–149708–267
Career earnings$2,652,068$16,942,639
Pre-match H2H
Irina Spirlea 1 – 1 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

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Path

Irina Spirlea's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 10, 1996R16 Karina Habsudova 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1996R32 Radomira Zrubakova 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data

Irina Spirlea's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 11, 1996SF Martina Hingis 6-2 7-5LH2HMatch data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 10, 1996R16 Bettina Fulco 7-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1996R32 Alexandra Fusai 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data