Sandrine Testud vs Irina Spirlea — Canadian Open Round of 16

Canadian Open · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Sandrine Testud
54 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 August 1998
hard
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Irina Spirlea
52 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Testud S.
7-6 4-6 6-1
Spirlea I.
Testud S.
7462
Spirlea I.
6611

Sandrine Testud defeated Irina Spirlea 7-6 4-6 6-1 in the Canadian Open round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Spirlea came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 64. Sandrine Testud claimed a first win over Irina Spirlea in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Sandrine Testud came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-11-17WTA Tour ChampionshipsR16carpetIrina Spirlea6-3 5-7 6-4

Statistics

This season
Testud S.Spirlea I.
1st serve in·
64%
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1st serve points won·
60%
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2nd serve points won·
28%
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Service points won·
49%
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Return points won·
42%
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Break points saved·
62%
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Aces / match·
0.0
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Double faults / match·
4.0
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Seles M.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Novotna J.
4-67-66-2
Seles M.
Hingis M.
4-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Martinez C.
6-36-4
Novotna J.
Serna M.
2-66-16-1
Hingis M.
Testud S.
7-63-66-4
Seles M.
Huber A.
6-36-4
R16
Sanchez Vicario A.
Tauziat N.
3-66-16-2
Martinez C.
Kournikova A.
6-06-3
Huber A.
Coetzer A.
7-57-6
Seles M.
Basuki Y.
6-36-3
Hingis M.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-0
Novotna J.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-4
Testud S.
Spirlea I.
7-64-66-1
Serna M.
Graf S.
6-46-4
R32
Tauziat N.
Po Messerli K.
6-36-3
Hingis M.
Plischke S.
6-46-1
Sugiyama A.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-46-0
Testud S.
Majoli I.
6-76-46-1
Spirlea I.
Jeyaseelan S.
6-77-66-0
Seles M.
Snyder T.
6-26-1
Basuki Y.
Monami D.
7-56-3
Huber A.
Labat F.
6-26-4
Coetzer A.
Li F.
6-36-4
Martinez C.
Frazier A.
7-66-4
Kournikova A.
Dragomir Ilie R.
4-66-26-4
Sanchez Vicario A.
Habsudova K.
0-67-56-2
Graf S.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-06-1
Serna M.
Morariu C.
7-66-3
Farina Elia S.
Fernandez M.
7-56-3
Novotna J.
Likhovtseva E.
7-56-2
R64
Testud S.
Mcquillan R.
6-16-3
Majoli I.
Paulus B.
6-36-1
Jeyaseelan S.
Pratt N.
7-56-3
Snyder T.
Miller A.
7-56-2
Basuki Y.
Wang S.
6-36-1
Monami D.
Nejedly J.
6-46-2
Labat F.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
Huber A.
Webb V.
6-46-1
Li F.
Dechaume Balleret A.
6-37-5
Frazier A.
Halard Decugis J.
6-05-77-6
Likhovtseva E.
Oremans M.
6-46-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Sidot A.
6-37-6
Kournikova A.
Fusai A.
6-26-4
Tauziat N.
Cacic S.
4-66-46-2
Po Messerli K.
Tanasugarn T.
6-17-6
Sugiyama A.
Dechy N.
7-67-5
Vento Kabchi M.
Mauresmo A.
6-36-4
Habsudova K.
Sawamatsu N.
6-46-3
Ruano Pascual V.
Peschke K.
5-76-46-2
Serna M.
Smashnova A.
1-67-56-2
Morariu C.
Raymond L.
7-61-66-2
Fernandez M.
Pierce M.
6-16-1
Farina Elia S.
Schett B.
7-56-76-1
Plischke S.
Grande R.
6-16-1