Monica Seles vs Naoko Sawamatsu — Eastbourne Round of 16

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 17 June 1997
grass
JPN
Naoko Sawamatsu
53 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Seles M.
6-2 7-5
Sawamatsu N.
Seles M.
672
Sawamatsu N.
25–

Monica Seles defeated Naoko Sawamatsu 6-2 7-5 in the Eastbourne round of 16 on grass. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Monica Seles extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Seles closed it out in two sets, 6–2 7–5.

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-09-21TokyoR16hardMonica Seles6-3 3-6 6-3
1997-09-15TokyoSFhardMonica Seles6-3 6-1
1997-08-18AtlantaR16hardMonica Seles6-4 6-3
1997-03-20Key BiscayneR64hardMonica Seles6-3 2-6 6-2

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Sawamatsu N.
1st serve in·
54%
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1st serve points won·
50%
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2nd serve points won·
26%
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Service points won·
39%
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Return points won·
43%
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Break points saved·
40%
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Aces / match·
1.0
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Double faults / match·
12.0
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 65%

Draw

Semi-finals
Novotna J.
Zvereva N.
6-76-07-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Spirlea I.
6-46-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Seles M.
7-57-5
Zvereva N.
Tauziat N.
6-45-76-4
Novotna J.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-76-4
R16
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Farina Elia S.
4-66-16-2
Seles M.
Sawamatsu N.
6-27-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Guse K.
7-56-0
Zvereva N.
Majoli I.
6-27-5
Spirlea I.
Sidot A.
6-46-3
Tauziat N.
Williams V.
6-35-76-4
Novotna J.
Basuki Y.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Po Messerli K.
6-36-1
R32
Sugiyama A.
Siddall S.
6-25-78-6
Basuki Y.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0
Zvereva N.
Frazier A.
7-66-0
Williams V.
Rubin C.
6-46-4
Tauziat N.
Fernandez M.
7-67-5
Spirlea I.
Gorrochategui I.
6-03-66-4
Sidot A.
Ahl L.
6-36-4
Guse K.
Wang S.
6-35-76-4
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Sukova H.
6-37-6
Po Messerli K.
Studenikova K.
0-67-66-2
Farina Elia S.
Raymond L.
7-56-4
Sawamatsu N.
Ward J.
6-27-5