Prediction: HINGIS in TWO SETS.
THE FINALISTS
MARTINA HINGIS
- Age: 19
- Height: 5'7"
- WTA Singles Ranking: #1
- After s'Hertogenbosch: Will remain #1, regardless of outcome
- Tournament Seed: 1
- Career Singles Titles: 29
- Grasscourt Titles: 1
- 2000 WTA Win-Loss Record: 40-5 (0.899)
- Career Win-Loss Record in Finals: 29-16
- Last Singles Title: 2000 Betty Barclay Cup, Hamburg (Clay)
- 2000 Season Highlights (prior): WINNER - Pan Pacific Open, Miami, Hamburg; FINALIST - Australian Open, Scottsdale, Indian Wells; SEMI FINALIST - Sydney, Berlin, French Open
- Biggest Scalps of the Season: LINDSAY DAVENPORT (Miami, #2), MARY PIERCE (Indian Wells, #6; Scottsdale, #6); MONICA SELES (Indian Wells, #8; Miami, #8)
RUXANDRA DRAGOMIR
- Age: 27
- Height: 5'6"
- WTA Singles Ranking: #33
- After s'Hertogenbosch: Will move up to #26 with a loss, #23 with a win
- Tournament Seed: 8
- Career Singles Titles: 4
- Grasscourt Titles: 1
- 2000 WTA Win-Loss Record: 17-12 (0.586)
- Career Win-Loss Record in Finals: 4-3
- Last Singles Title: 1997 Heineken Trophy, s'Hertogenbosch (Grass)
- 2000 Season Highlights (prior): QUARTER FINALIST - Hilton Head; THIRD ROUND - Australian Open, Indian Wells, Miami
- Biggest Scalps of the Season: SANDRINE TESTUD (s'Hertogenbosch, #10), ANNA KOURNIKOVA (Hilton Head, #14)
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