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Martina Hingis #1 def. Venus Williams #9

6-3 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date May 10, 1998*
Tournament Rome
Category WTA 250
Surface Clay
RoundF
Winner Martina Hingis
Score6-3 2-6 6-3
Loser Venus Williams

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMartina HingisVenus Williams
Country SUI USA
Birth dateSep 30, 1980Jun 17, 1980
Age1717
Height170185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)19
Ranking points (entering)5,8052,333
Elo (entering)2,3252,097
Career W-L515–126768–288
Career earnings$24,749,074$43,095,580
Pre-match H2H
Martina Hingis 4 – 2 Venus Williams

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Path

Martina Hingis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998SF Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998QF Anna Kournikova 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 8, 1998R16 Irina Spirlea 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1998R32 Fang Li 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data

Martina Hingis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Venus Williams's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998SF Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-3 2-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1998QF Serena Williams 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 8, 1998R16 Alexandra Fusai 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 7, 1998R32 María Sánchez Lorenzo 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 6, 1998R64 Yayuk Basuki 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data