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Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario#4 def. Anna Kournikova#14

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date Sep 26, 1998*
Tournament Tokyo
Category WTA 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Score6-3 6-2
Loser Anna Kournikova

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldArantxa Sanchez-VicarioAnna Kournikova
Country ESP RUS
Birth dateDec 18, 1971Jun 7, 1981
Age2617
Height169173
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)414
Ranking points (entering)3,5311,851
Elo (entering)2,1092,036
Career W-L708–267184–120
Career earnings$16,942,639$3,584,662
Pre-match H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 2 – 3 Anna Kournikova

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Path

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 25, 1998R16 Elena Likhovtseva 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 26, 1998SF Anke Huber 6-1 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data

Anna Kournikova's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 25, 1998R16 Shi-Ting Wang 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data
Sep 24, 1998R32 Adriana Rikl Gersi 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data