Florencia Labat vs Irina Spirlea — Madrid Quarter-final

Madrid · WTA · Quarter-final
ARG
Florencia Labat
55 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 May 1997
clay
ROU
Irina Spirlea
52 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Labat F.
6-2 7-5
Spirlea I.
Labat F.
672
Spirlea I.
25–

Florencia Labat defeated Irina Spirlea 6-2 7-5 in the Madrid quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Spirlea came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Florencia Labat had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 5 on clay. Florencia Labat claimed a first win over Irina Spirlea in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-03-30Hilton HeadR32clayIrina Spirlea6-7 6-2 6-0

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
16°COvercast
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Novotna J.
Seles M.
7-56-1
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Labat F.
6-76-16-2
Novotna J.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Grossman A.
6-16-1
Novotna J.
Leon Garcia G.
6-36-4
Labat F.
Spirlea I.
6-27-5
Seles M.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-26-1
R16
Ruano Pascual V.
Frazier A.
6-06-0
Seles M.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-06-1
Grossman A.
Schnyder P.
7-64-67-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Cristea C.
4-66-06-0
Leon Garcia G.
Gorrochategui I.
6-33-66-2
Novotna J.
Carlsson A.
6-26-2
Labat F.
Maruska M.
6-26-2
Spirlea I.
Cecchini S.
6-16-2
R32
Sanchez Vicario A.
Serna M.
6-26-1
Cristea C.
Whitlinger Jones T.
7-66-4
Ruano Pascual V.
Wild L.
4-67-66-1
Frazier A.
Pena L.
6-46-3
Spirlea I.
Ellwood A.
6-36-4
Cecchini S.
Grande R.
7-56-3
Labat F.
Nemeckova L.
6-26-1
Maruska M.
Po Messerli K.
3-66-26-4
Carlsson A.
Salvador Reja E.
6-06-0
Schnyder P.
Raymond L.
6-16-2
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Martinek V.
6-16-0
Leon Garcia G.
Hiraki R.
6-26-4
Grossman A.
Lubiani F.
7-57-5
Gorrochategui I.
Fernandez M.
6-26-3