Anke Huber vs Mariaan De Swardt — Hope Island Round of 32

Hope Island · WTA · Round of 32
GER
Anke Huber
51 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 3 January 1999
hard
RSA
Mariaan De Swardt
55 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Huber A.
6-3 6-2
De Swardt M.
Huber A.
662
De Swardt M.
32–

Anke Huber defeated Mariaan De Swardt 6-3 6-2 in the Hope Island round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mariaan De Swardt came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final, but Anke Huber had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 5 on hard. Anke Huber claimed a first win over Mariaan De Swardt in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-08-10BostonQFhardMariaan De Swardt6-3 7-6

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