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Barbara Paulus#23 def. Irina Spirlea#8

6-2 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 1998*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Barbara Paulus
Score	6-2 1-6 6-3
Loser	Irina Spirlea

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Barbara Paulus	Irina Spirlea
Country	AUT	ROU
Birth date	Sep 1, 1970	Mar 26, 1974
Age	27	23
Height	177	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,132	2,494
Elo (entering)	1,872	1,993
Career W-L	229–138	211–149
Career earnings	$1,294,445	$2,652,068

Pre-match H2H

Barbara Paulus 3 – 1 Irina Spirlea

Path

Barbara Paulus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1998	R32	Miriam Oremans	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Barbara Paulus's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1998	QF	Ai Sugiyama	6-1 7-6	L	H2H	Match data

Irina Spirlea's path

No prior matches in this tournament.