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Sabine Appelmans vs Mary Joe Fernandez H2H: 1-4

Mary Joe Fernandez holds a 4–1 lead over Sabine Appelmans in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Mary Joe Fernandez leads 2–1 on carpet and 2–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Sabine Appelmans won the 1997 Chicago round of 32 6-2 6-1.

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Sabine Appelmans

BEL Age 54 Left-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H

1 – 4

5 main-draw meetings

Mary Joe Fernandez

USA Age 55 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sabine Appelmans #19	6-2 6-1	Mary Joe Fernandez #11	Match data	Nov 6, 1997*	R32	Chicago	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Mary Joe Fernandez #11	6-4 6-3	Sabine Appelmans #21	Match data	Aug 31, 1994*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mary Joe Fernandez #7	6-4 6-4	Sabine Appelmans #20	Match data	Feb 8, 1992*	QF	Essen	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Mary Joe Fernandez #4	6-3 6-3	Sabine Appelmans #23	Match data	Jan 23, 1991*	R16	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mary Joe Fernandez #8	2-6 7-6 6-1	Sabine Appelmans #34	Match data	Oct 20, 1990*	QF	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Sabine Appelmans	#94	#16	1,502	1,925	284	205	58.1%	0	0	0	0	7	7
Mary Joe Fernandez	#136	#4	2,114	2,196	417	195	68.1%	0	1	0	5	1	7

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age	Sabine Appelmans							Mary Joe Fernandez
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	0–2	0.0%	—	1,474	0	0
13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	5–6	45.5%	#99	1,553	0	0
14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	18–14	56.2%	#27	1,765	0	0
15	1987	1–1	50.0%	#283	1,502	0	0	1987	24–14	63.2%	#20	1,896	0	0
16	1988	1–3	25.0%	#196	1,498	0	0	1988	22–11	66.7%	#15	1,947	0	0
17	1989	2–5	28.6%	#144	1,467	0	0	1989	32–15	68.1%	#12	1,985	0	0
18	1990	21–12	63.6%	#22	1,679	0	0	1990	40–10	80.0%	#4	2,125	0	2
19	1991	34–14	70.8%	#18	1,873	0	2	1991	47–18	72.3%	#8	2,062	0	2
20	1992	29–16	64.4%	#26	1,895	0	3	1992	51–17	75.0%	#6	2,121	0	2
21	1993	19–15	55.9%	#36	1,834	0	3	1993	34–13	72.3%	#7	2,058	0	3
22	1994	29–16	64.4%	#27	1,821	0	5	1994	21–9	70.0%	#14	1,977	0	4
23	1995	24–17	58.5%	#31	1,809	0	6	1995	29–11	72.5%	#8	2,039	0	6
24	1996	26–17	60.5%	#21	1,832	0	7	1996	30–17	63.8%	#16	1,935	0	6
25	1997	37–26	58.7%	#16	1,855	0	7	1997	39–16	70.9%	#10	1,990	0	7
26	1998	13–18	41.9%	#48	1,722	0	7	1998	8–8	50.0%	#77	1,935	0	7
27	1999	25–21	54.3%	#30	1,778	0	7	1999	17–13	56.7%	#38	1,901	0	7
28	2000	22–23	48.9%	#49	1,697	0	7	2000	0–1	0.0%	#136	1,880	0	7
29	2001	1–1	50.0%	#94	1,689	0	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age	Sabine Appelmans																	Mary Joe Fernandez
	Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	5	4	9	55.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	7	5	12	58.3%	10	5	15	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%
15	1987	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	9	5	14	64.3%	9	5	14	64.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	2	5	60.0%
16	1988	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	11	5	16	68.8%	3	3	6	50.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	1	1	2	50.0%
17	1989	2	2	4	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	11	6	17	64.7%	6	2	8	75.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	9	5	14	64.3%
18	1990	15	6	21	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	1990	17	4	21	81.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	13	2	15	86.7%
19	1991	26	8	34	76.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1991	22	8	30	73.3%	11	4	15	73.3%	9	2	11	81.8%	5	4	9	55.6%
20	1992	15	6	21	71.4%	8	4	12	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	1992	27	8	35	77.1%	12	4	16	75.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	6	3	9	66.7%
21	1993	7	8	15	46.7%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	3	10	70.0%	1993	16	4	20	80.0%	12	3	15	80.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
22	1994	19	9	28	67.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	1994	13	5	18	72.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%
23	1995	10	8	18	55.6%	9	4	13	69.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1995	14	4	18	77.8%	4	4	8	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	7	2	9	77.8%
24	1996	7	7	14	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	2	6	66.7%	12	4	16	75.0%	1996	13	8	21	61.9%	8	4	12	66.7%	8	2	10	80.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
25	1997	12	10	22	54.5%	11	5	16	68.8%	5	2	7	71.4%	9	9	18	50.0%	1997	22	8	30	73.3%	13	4	17	76.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
26	1998	1	4	5	20.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	1998	7	6	13	53.8%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
27	1999	11	8	19	57.9%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1999	9	8	17	52.9%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
28	2000	13	12	25	52.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2000	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	2001	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	139	90	229	60.7%	54	49	103	52.4%	22	17	39	56.4%	69	49	118	58.5%	—	203	91	294	69.0%	109	49	158	69.0%	55	22	77	71.4%	50	33	83	60.2%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age	Sabine Appelmans																Mary Joe Fernandez
Age	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	1475	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	—	—	+0.18
13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	1554	130.0	—	—	—	—	+65	—	—	50.0%	+0.04	0–2	2–0	—	-0.49
14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	1765	147.3	—	—	—	—	-82	-11	-174	54.2%	+0.32	5–3 (63%)	4–2 (67%)	107.3	-4.54
15	1987	1502	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.17	1–1	—	—	+0.44	1987	1897	158.0	—	—	—	—	-60	-77	-252	61.2%	+1.15	5–4 (56%)	2–4 (33%)	100.5	-5.16
16	1988	1498	106.4	—	—	—	—	—	+40	—	30.0%	-1.10	1–1	0–1	—	+0.03	1988	1947	151.0	—	—	—	—	-47	-156	-175	68.2%	+1.45	5–1 (83%)	0–4 (0%)	103.5	-2.13
17	1989	1468	98.3	—	—	—	—	+65	+26	—	31.3%	-0.50	1–1	0–2	—	+0.98	1989	1986	162.4	—	—	—	—	-24	-108	-155	63.2%	+1.20	9–3 (75%)	4–6 (40%)	104.1	-2.80
18	1990	1679	133.0	—	—	—	—	+19	-159	—	59.2%	+0.76	7–3 (70%)	1–4 (20%)	103.2	+2.93	1990	2126	168.3	—	—	—	—	+40	-229	-238	79.2%	+2.17	7–2 (78%)	4–0 (100%)	107.8	+0.66
19	1991	1873	150.3	—	—	—	—	+27	-285	—	69.9%	+1.36	5–4 (56%)	1–0	—	+1.14	1991	2063	164.9	—	—	—	—	+20	-103	-62	69.6%	+1.53	5–6 (45%)	3–1 (75%)	97.9	-0.78
20	1992	1896	145.1	—	—	—	—	+3	-146	—	61.0%	+0.64	7–3 (70%)	2–3 (40%)	104.4	-0.44	1992	2121	171.9	—	—	—	—	+33	-59	-48	69.4%	+1.32	11–2 (85%)	6–5 (55%)	106.9	-1.97
21	1993	1835	135.0	—	—	—	—	+9	-112	-193	53.1%	+0.44	8–5 (62%)	2–5 (29%)	98.4	+0.40	1993	2058	164.0	—	—	—	—	+1	+127	-28	66.1%	+1.05	11–4 (73%)	9–3 (75%)	105.3	+0.67
22	1994	1822	144.0	—	—	—	—	+46	-108	—	58.0%	+0.80	10–2 (83%)	5–4 (56%)	106.6	+0.26	1994	1977	147.9	—	—	—	—	+8	+146	+2	66.2%	+0.96	6–5 (55%)	6–2 (75%)	99.6	+0.06
23	1995	1809	140.0	—	—	—	—	-2	-18	—	57.6%	+0.37	5–5 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	99.8	-0.91	1995	2039	159.3	—	—	—	—	+38	-7	-10	64.8%	+1.11	10–1 (91%)	4–3 (57%)	107.6	-0.51
24	1996	1833	145.6	—	—	—	—	-10	-70	-165	62.1%	+0.81	4–7 (36%)	3–4 (43%)	95.3	+0.59	1996	1935	158.7	—	—	—	—	-4	+81	+198	61.9%	+1.09	7–0 (100%)	2–6 (25%)	103.3	-1.36
25	1997	1855	155.7	—	—	—	—	-46	-8	-89	58.7%	+0.54	9–14 (39%)	4–7 (36%)	93.5	-1.41	1997	1990	164.4	—	—	—	—	+18	+53	+117	66.9%	+1.20	10–5 (67%)	2–4 (33%)	100.0	-1.63
26	1998	1722	138.4	—	—	—	—	+60	+2	+76	47.1%	-0.26	1–9 (10%)	3–3 (50%)	89.5	-0.30	1998	1935	150.6	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	50.0%	-0.03	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	101.7	-1.81
27	1999	1778	137.2	—	—	—	—	+27	-92	-38	56.3%	+0.48	5–8 (38%)	7–9 (44%)	95.0	-0.07	1999	1902	152.1	—	—	—	—	-1	+93	—	56.5%	+0.72	6–5 (55%)	1–6 (14%)	93.5	-2.78
28	2000	1697	139.6	—	—	—	—	+36	-31	+95	48.5%	-0.15	7–6 (54%)	7–6 (54%)	100.1	-0.37	2000	1881	102.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.21
29	2001	1689	101.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.50	—	1–0	—	+0.19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	1925	148.8	—	—	—	—	+14	-69	-45	57.1%	+0.51	71–69 (51%)	40–49 (45%)	95.3	+0.71	—	2197	168.6	—	—	—	—	+6	-13	-56	64.9%	+1.15	100–45 (69%)	53–48 (52%)	107.6	-4.04

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Sabine Appelmans's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	2	5	7	Sep 25, 2000	H2H
Anke Huber	2	5	7	May 4, 2000	H2H
Irina Spirlea	5	2	7	Sep 23, 1999	H2H
Mary Pierce	0	7	7	Sep 7, 1999	H2H
Dominique Monami	0	7	7	Jun 18, 1999	H2H

Mary Joe Fernandez's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Gabriela Sabatini	10	13	23	Sep 7, 1995	H2H
Steffi Graf	0	17	17	Jan 24, 1999	H2H
Monica Seles	1	15	16	Jun 5, 1997	H2H
Helena Sukova	6	5	11	Feb 22, 1993	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	4	6	10	Jun 1, 1999	H2H