Mary Pierce vs Irina Spirlea — Hope Island Semi-final
Hope Island · WTA · Semi-final
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 3 January 1999
hard
Pierce M.4-6 6-4 6-1
Spirlea I.
Pierce M.
4662
Spirlea I.
6411
Mary Pierce defeated Irina Spirlea 4-6 6-4 6-1 in the Hope Island semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Mary Pierce came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Mary Pierce extended the head-to-head to 3–1.
Key context
- Match story: Mary Pierce dropped the opening set before beating Irina Spirlea 4–6 6–4 6–1.
Head to head
2–1| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-10-25 | Linz | QF | hard | Mary Pierce | 3-6 6-2 6-3 |
| 1999-04-19 | Cairo | QF | clay | Irina Spirlea | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1997-01-06 | Sydney | R32 | hard | Mary Pierce | 6-3 4-6 6-4 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
67%
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1st serve points won·
69%
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2nd serve points won·
52%
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Service points won·
63%
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Return points won·
44%
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Break points saved·
59%
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Aces / match·
3.1
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Double faults / match·
1.6
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Draw
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