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Irina Spirlea#9 def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario#11

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 11, 1997*
Tournament Filderstadt
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Irina Spirlea
Score7-5 6-4
Loser Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldIrina SpirleaArantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Country ROU ESP
Birth dateMar 26, 1974Dec 18, 1971
Age2325
Height175169
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style—Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)911
Ranking points (entering)2,2352,098
Elo (entering)1,9702,038
Career W-L211–149708–267
Career earnings$2,652,068$16,942,639
Pre-match H2H
Irina Spirlea 3 – 2 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

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Path

Irina Spirlea's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 1997R16 Karina Habsudova 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 1997R32 Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-2 6-0WH2HMatch data

Irina Spirlea's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 1997SF Lisa Raymond 6-3 6-1LH2HMatch data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 1997R16 Lindsay Davenport 6-4 7-6WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 1997R32 Judith Wiesner 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data