Arantxa Sanchez Vicario vs Irina Spirlea — Eastbourne Quarter-final
Eastbourne · WTA · Quarter-final
0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 17 June 1997
grass
Sanchez Vicario A.6-4 6-4
Spirlea I.
Sanchez Vicario A.
662
Spirlea I.
44–
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario defeated Irina Spirlea 6-4 6-4 in the Eastbourne quarter-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Spirlea came in leading the head-to-head 3–2. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.
Key context
- Match story: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.
Head to head
2–3| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-05-24 | Roland Garros | R32 | clay | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1999-04-19 | Cairo | F | clay | Arantxa Sanchez Vicario | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1998-11-16 | WTA Tour Championships | R16 | carpet | Irina Spirlea | 7-6 6-1 |
| 1997-10-06 | Filderstadt | QF | hard | Irina Spirlea | 7-5 6-4 |
| 1997-03-07 | Indian Wells | SF | hard | Irina Spirlea | 4-6 6-3 6-3 |
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 65%
Draw
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