Irina Spirlea vs Venus Williams — Philadelphia Round of 32
Philadelphia · WTA · Round of 32
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 November 1997
carpet
Spirlea I.6-3 6-2
Williams V.
Spirlea I.
662
Williams V.
32–
Irina Spirlea defeated Venus Williams 6-3 6-2 in the Philadelphia round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Venus Williams came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Irina Spirlea claimed a first win over Venus Williams in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.
Key context
- Match story: Irina Spirlea dropped just 5 games past Venus Williams.
Head to head
0–3| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-04-30 | Hamburg | R16 | clay | Venus Williams | 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 |
| 1999-10-11 | Zurich | R16 | hard | Venus Williams | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1997-08-25 | US Open | SF | hard | Venus Williams | 7-6 4-6 7-6 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
—
61%
1st serve points won·
—
65%
2nd serve points won·
—
44%
Service points won·
—
56%
Return points won·
—
44%
Break points saved·
—
57%
Aces / match·
—
2.9
Double faults / match·
—
4.8
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Draw
Quarter-finals
Spirlea I.
Seles M.
6-47-6
Hingis M.
Huber A.
7-65-76-4
Davenport L.
Novotna J.
6-36-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Coetzer A.
6-26-2
R16
Seles M.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
4-3
Huber A.
Raymond L.
2-66-27-5
Novotna J.
Frazier A.
6-26-1
Davenport L.
Martinez C.
6-36-0
Spirlea I.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Sugiyama A.
6-17-6
Coetzer A.
Rubin C.
6-47-6
Hingis M.
Appelmans S.
6-24-66-2
R32
Spirlea I.
Williams V.
6-36-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Basuki Y.
6-26-0
Sugiyama A.
Capriati J.
6-16-2
Rubin C.
Li F.
7-67-6
Vento Kabchi M.
Weingartner M.
6-26-3
Davenport L.
Tauziat N.
6-36-3
Martinez C.
Cacic S.
6-36-1
Frazier A.
Kruger J.
7-56-1
Schultz Mccarthy B.
Taylor S.
6-26-2
Huber A.
Majoli I.
6-31-66-3
Raymond L.
Sukova H.
6-36-4
Appelmans S.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-46-1