Irina Spirlea vs Anke Huber — Hope Island Quarter-final

Hope Island · WTA · Quarter-final
ROU
Irina Spirlea
52 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 3 January 1999
hard
GER
Anke Huber
51 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Spirlea I.
6-4 4-6 6-1
Huber A.
Spirlea I.
6462
Huber A.
4611

Irina Spirlea defeated Anke Huber 6-4 4-6 6-1 in the Hope Island quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anke Huber came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Irina Spirlea claimed a first win over Anke Huber in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Irina Spirlea came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–4 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-08-16Canadian OpenR64hardAnke Huber6-2 6-1
1999-01-18Australian OpenR128hardAnke Huber7-5 6-4
1997-02-10ParisQFcarpetAnke Huber6-4 6-2

Draw

Final
Schnyder P.
Pierce M.
4-67-66-2
Semi-finals
Pierce M.
Spirlea I.
4-66-46-1
Schnyder P.
Sugiyama A.
6-01-66-4
Quarter-finals
Pierce M.
Dechy N.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Serna M.
6-01-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Rippner B.
6-36-3
Spirlea I.
Huber A.
6-44-66-1
R16
Dechy N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-43-67-5
Pierce M.
Gorrochategui I.
6-26-2
Sugiyama A.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-47-5
Rippner B.
Peschke K.
6-26-1
Huber A.
Sidot A.
6-34-67-5
Spirlea I.
Smashnova A.
6-46-1
Schnyder P.
Wang S.
6-36-4
Serna M.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-36-4
R32
Dechy N.
Panova T.
6-12-66-2
Huber A.
De Swardt M.
6-36-2
Peschke K.
Nagyova H.
3-67-66-1
Rippner B.
Courtois L.
6-26-4
Pitkowski Malcor S.
Molik A.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Morariu C.
6-26-76-3
Smashnova A.
Savchenko L.
6-06-3
Spirlea I.
Mcquillan R.
7-66-3
Likhovtseva E.
Pratt N.
6-26-1
Gorrochategui I.
Garbin T.
7-56-2
Serna M.
Appelmans S.
6-23-66-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Tatarkova E.
6-16-3
Wang S.
Plischke S.
6-47-6
Sidot A.
Ellwood A.
3-66-46-1