Venus Williams (USA): 1998 Results.

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1998 STATISTICS:

WIN / LOSS RECORD = 50-13

Clay Matches = 9-2
Hardcourt Matches = 32-7
Grass Matches = 4-2
Carpet Matches = 5-2

TOURNAMENTS PLAYED = 15

TOURNAMENT WINS = 2
(Lipton Championships, Oklahoma IGA Classic)

1998 SALEM LADIES KREMLIN CUP, Moscow, Russia.           (Seed 1)
Rnd 1: Bye.
Rnd 2: def. Elena Likhotseva (RUS) 6-3, 6-1.
QF: def. Katarina Studenikova (SLK/Q) 6-1, 6-0.
SF: LOST to Mary Pierce (FRA/5) 6-2, 2-6, 0-6.

1998 EUROPEAN INDOORS CHAMPIONSHIPS, Zurich, Switzerland.               (Seed 2)
Rnd 1:  Bye.
Rnd 2: def. Corina Morariu (USA/Q) 7-5, 6-3.
QF: def. Mary Pierce (FRA/7) 6-4, 6-1.
SF: def. Nathalie Tauziat (FRA/4) 6-3, 6-4.
Final: LOST to Lyndsay Davenport (USA/1) 5-7, 3-6.

1998 PORSCHE TENNIS GRAND PRIX, Filderstadt, Germany.               (Seed 5)
Rnd 1: def. Silvia Farina (ITA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Rnd 2: LOST to Dominique Van Roost (BEL/WC) 1-6, 2-6.

1998 US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Flushing Meadow, New York, USA.           (Seed 5)
Rnd 1: def. Elena Wagner (GER) 6-1, 6-0.
Rnd 2: def. Anne Kremer (USA/Q) 6-1, 6-3.
Rnd 3: def. Larisa Neiland (LAT) 5-0 ret'd.
Rnd 4: def. Mary Pierce (FRA/12) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
QF: def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (SPA/4) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.
SF: LOST to Lyndsay Davenport (USA/2) 4-6, 4-6.

1998 TOSHIBA TENNIS CLASSIC, San Diego, California, USA.    (Seed 3)
Rnd 1: Bye
Rnd 2: def. Chanda Rubin (USA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
QF: LOST to Mary Pierce (FRA) 6-2, 6-7, 0-4 ret’d.

1998 BANK OF THE WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS, Stanford, California, USA.    (Seed 4)
Rnd 1: Bye
Rnd 2: def. Corina Morariu (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.
QF: def. Elena Likhotseva (RUS) 6-2, 6-4.
SF: def. Monica Seles (USA/2) 6-3, 6-4.
Final: LOST to Lyndsay Davenport (USA/1) 4-6, 7-5, 4-6.

1998 WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS, London, England.     (Seed 7)
Rnd 1: def. Jana Nejedly (CAN) 6-3, 6-3.
Rnd 2: def. Barbara Schett (AUT) 6-1, 6-2.
Rnd 3: def. Chanda Rubin (USA) 6-3, 6-4.
Rnd 4: def. Virginia Ruano-Pascual (SPA) 6-3, 6-1.
QF: LOST to Jana Novotna (CZE/3) 5-7, 6-7.

1998 DIRECT LINE INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, Eastbourne, England.      (Seed 4)
Rnd 1: Bye
Rnd 2: LOST to Natasha Zvereva (BLS) 2-6, 1-6.

1998 FRENCH OPEN, Roland Garros, Paris, France.         (Seed 8)
Rnd 1: def. Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-3, 6-1.
Rnd 2: def. Ai Sugiyama (JAP) 6-0, 6-2.
Rnd 3: def. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (FRA) 6-2, 6-1.
Rnd 4: def. Henrieta Nagyova (SLK) 6-1, 6-3.
QF: LOST to Martina Hingis (SWI/1) 3-6, 4-6.

1998 ITALIAN OPEN, Foro Italia, Rome, Italy.       (Seed 9).
Rnd 1: def. Yayuk Basuki (INO) 6-2, 6-3.
Rnd 2: def. Maria Sanchez-Lorenzo (SPA/Q) 6-1, 6-4.
Rnd 3: def. Alexandra Fusai (FRA/Q) 6-1, 6-1.
QF: def. Serena Williams (USA) 6-4, 6-2.
SF: def. Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (SPA/5) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
Final: LOST to Martina Hingis (SWI/1) 3-6, 6-2, 3-6.

1998 LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA.       (Seed 11)
Rnd 1: Bye
Rnd 2: def. Tatiana Panova (RUS/LL) 6-3, 6-3.
Rnd 3: def. Olga Barabanschikova (BLS) 6-2, 6-1.
Rnd 4: def. Rita Grande (ITA/34) 6-1, 6-4.
QF: def. Silvia Farina (ITA/29) 6-1, 6-2.
SF: def. Martina Hingis (SWI/1) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
Final: def. Anna Kournikova (RUS/23) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

1998 STATE FARM EVERT CUP, Indian Wells, California, USA.       (Seed 8)
Rnd 1: Bye
Rnd 2: def. Silvia Farina (ITA) 6-3, 6-1.
Rnd 3: def. Dominique Van Roost (BEL/10) 6-4, 6-1.
QF: def. Joanette Kruger (RSA/17) 6-1, 6-3.
SF: LOST to Martina Hingis (SWI/1) 0-6, 6-7.

1998 IGA TENNIS CLASSIC, Oklahoma, USA.         (Seed 3)
Rnd 1: def. Nana Miyagi (JAP/Q) 6-3, 6-2.
Rnd 2: def. Mariaan DeSwardt (RSA) 6-1, 6-3.
QF: def. Francesca Lubiani (ITA) 7-6, 6-4.
SF: def. Lyndsay Davenport (USA/1) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Final: def. Joanette Kruger (RSA/4) 6-3, 6-2.

1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN, Flinders Park, Melbourne, Australia.
Rnd 1: def. Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (FRA) 6-3, 6-0.
Rnd 2: def. Serena Williams (USA) 7-6, 6-1.
Rnd 3: def. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 6-1, 6-4.
Rnd 4: def. Patty Schnyder (SWI) 6-4, 6-1.
QF: LOST to Lyndsay Davenport (USA/2) 6-1, 5-7, 3-6.

1998 PETERS INTERNATIONAL, Sydney.
Rnd 1: def. Ruxandra Dragomir (ROM) 6-4 ret’d
Rnd 2: def. Martina Hingis (SWI/1) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
QF: def. Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) 6-2, 6-2.
SF: def. Ai Sugiyama (JAP) 6-1, 7-6.
Final: LOST to Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (SPA/5) 1-6, 3-6.

Data © 1998 COREL WTA Tour.

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