Monica Seles vs Irina Spirlea — Philadelphia Round of 32
Philadelphia · WTA · Round of 32
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 November 1998
carpet
Seles M.6-3 6-4
Spirlea I.
Seles M.
662
Spirlea I.
34–
Monica Seles defeated Irina Spirlea 6-3 6-4 in the Philadelphia round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Irina Spirlea came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's semi-final. Monica Seles narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.
Key context
- Match story: Monica Seles closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.
Head to head
1–3| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-03-30 | Hilton Head | SF | clay | Irina Spirlea | 6-4 1-6 7-6 |
| 1997-11-10 | Philadelphia | QF | carpet | Irina Spirlea | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1997-08-25 | US Open | QF | hard | Irina Spirlea | 6-7 7-6 6-3 |
| 1997-03-20 | Key Biscayne | QF | hard | Monica Seles | 3-6 6-2 6-3 |
Statistics
This season1st 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.
Draw
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Frazier A.
5-76-36-3
Graf S.
Hingis M.
6-24-66-0
Tauziat N.
Coetzer A.
6-34-66-4
Seles M.
Zvereva N.
6-06-1
R16
Graf S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-76-26-4
Davenport L.
Po Messerli K.
6-16-2
Frazier A.
Schnyder P.
6-36-1
Zvereva N.
Novotna J.
6-46-4
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
6-37-5
Tauziat N.
Raymond L.
6-27-6
Coetzer A.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-46-1
Hingis M.
Rippner B.
6-46-1
R32
Likhovtseva E.
Testud S.
7-66-71-0
Coetzer A.
Cacic S.
6-26-0
Rippner B.
Fusai A.
7-66-2
Graf S.
Fernandez M.
6-37-6
Seles M.
Spirlea I.
6-36-4
Tauziat N.
Huber A.
6-36-2
Raymond L.
Callens E.
6-36-3
Frazier A.
Majoli I.
2-66-26-4
Po Messerli K.
Morariu C.
6-16-3
Schnyder P.
Farina Elia S.
7-64-66-4
Zvereva N.
Snyder T.
6-26-1
Sugiyama A.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-16-2