Monica Seles vs Arantxa Sanchez Vicario — Tokyo Final

Tokyo · WTA · Final
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 September 1998
hard
ESP
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
54 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWLWW
Seles M.
4-6 6-3 6-4
Sanchez Vicario A.
Seles M.
4662
Sanchez Vicario A.
6341

Monica Seles defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the Tokyo final on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 6–2, defending the title. Monica Seles extended the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

Head to head

6–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-03-06Indian WellsQFhardMonica Seles6-3 3-6 6-3
2000-06-26WimbledonR16grassMonica Seles6-3 6-4
2000-04-10Amelia IslandQFclayMonica Seles6-1 6-3
1998-08-17Canadian OpenFhardMonica Seles6-3 6-2
1998-07-25Fed Cup WG1 SF: ESP vs USARRclayMonica Seles6-4 6-0
1998-05-25Roland GarrosFclayArantxa Sanchez Vicario7-6(5) 0-6 6-2
1997-11-17WTA Tour ChampionshipsR16carpetArantxa Sanchez Vicario3-6 6-4 6-4
1997-09-15TokyoFhardMonica Seles6-1 3-6 7-6

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Sanchez Vicario A.
1st serve in·
54%
—
1st serve points won·
50%
—
2nd serve points won·
26%
—
Service points won·
39%
—
Return points won·
43%
—
Break points saved·
40%
—
Aces / match·
1.0
—
Double faults / match·
12.0
—

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
26°CDrizzle
Wind 25 km/hHumidity 89%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Hingis M.
6-36-3
Sugiyama A.
Morariu C.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Sanchez Vicario A.
4-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Hingis M.
Majoli I.
6-06-2
Davenport L.
Coetzer A.
6-26-1
Morariu C.
Frazier A.
4-67-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Wang S.
6-36-2
Seles M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-16-4
Sanchez Vicario A.
Huber A.
6-13-66-3
Quarter-finals
Hingis M.
Grande R.
6-27-5
Davenport L.
Spirlea I.
7-67-6
Coetzer A.
Sugiyama A.
6-32-66-2
Majoli I.
Saeki M.
6-26-1
Morariu C.
Sawamatsu N.
7-56-3
Frazier A.
Pratt N.
6-24-66-2
Wang S.
Mcneil L.
4-66-46-1
Sugiyama A.
De Lone E.
4-66-16-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Kournikova A.
6-36-2
Tanasugarn T.
Frazier A.
6-16-3
Seles M.
Halard Decugis J.
6-26-1
Huber A.
Barabanschikova O.
6-36-1
R16
Majoli I.
Li F.
6-33-0
Hingis M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-16-0
Sugiyama A.
Yoshida Y.
6-17-6
Saeki M.
Maleeva M.
6-47-6
Grande R.
Vento Kabchi M.
1-66-36-3
Spirlea I.
Kruger J.
6-16-2
Davenport L.
Sawamatsu N.
6-26-2
Coetzer A.
Reeves S.
6-46-4
Sugiyama A.
Smith N.
6-36-2
Frazier A.
Endo M.
6-06-1
Sawamatsu N.
Inoue H.
4-66-47-6
Morariu C.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-2
Pratt N.
Helgeson G.
6-36-2
Wang S.
Hiraki R.
6-36-2
Mcneil L.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-3
De Lone E.
Yoshida Y.
6-32-66-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-06-4
Barabanschikova O.
Monami D.
3-66-37-5
Huber A.
Li F.
7-56-3
Tanasugarn T.
Nagyova H.
6-47-6
Frazier A.
Coetzer A.
0-66-36-2
Halard Decugis J.
Fernandez M.
6-16-3
Seles M.
Sawamatsu N.
6-33-66-3
Kournikova A.
Wang S.
6-06-4
R32
Spirlea I.
Park S.
7-56-0
Kruger J.
Zvereva N.
6-47-6
Likhovtseva E.
Lucic M.
6-16-2
Li F.
Tanasugarn T.
6-16-3
Vento Kabchi M.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-06-3
Grande R.
Boogert K.
3-66-16-4
Maleeva M.
Huber A.
3-67-66-1
Yoshida Y.
Grzybowska M.
4-67-66-4
Reeves S.
Cho Y.
6-36-4
Sugiyama A.
Guse K.
7-66-0
Saeki M.
Serna M.
3-66-36-3
Sawamatsu N.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-16-1
Wang S.
Asagoe S.
3-66-36-1
De Lone E.
De Beer S.
6-46-4
Smith N.
Osterloh L.
6-03-67-6
Tanasugarn T.
Kim E.
4-67-56-0
Pratt N.
Obata S.
7-56-1
Endo M.
Kunce K.
6-76-46-1
Frazier A.
Choi Y.
6-46-2
Morariu C.
Park S.
6-46-2
Shaughnessy M.
Lee J.
3-66-26-4
Inoue H.
Noorlander S.
6-46-1
Hiraki R.
Hisamatsu S.
6-26-2
Helgeson G.
Saeki M.
7-66-2
Mcneil L.
Jeon M.
6-46-1
Yoshida Y.
Kijimuta N.
6-14-66-1
Fernandez M.
Raymond L.
7-67-5
Halard Decugis J.
Po Messerli K.
6-06-3
Sawamatsu N.
Smashnova A.
6-16-2
Wang S.
Inoue H.
6-06-4
Li F.
Jeon M.
6-26-0
Huber A.
Kijimuta N.
6-33-66-0
Nagyova H.
Lee J.
7-56-1
Tanasugarn T.
Yoshida Y.
6-46-3
Frazier A.
Lucic M.
6-26-3
Barabanschikova O.
Saeki M.
3-66-36-3
Kournikova A.
Gersi A.
6-26-1
Likhovtseva E.
Husarova J.
6-36-4