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Barbara Rittner beat Meilen Tu at the 2001 Australian Open

Barbara Rittner completed a 6-3, 7(7)-6(1) victory over Meilen Tu. The result put Barbara Rittner into the third round of the 2001 Australian Open women's singles draw.

19 January 2001 Oceania Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Source-checked report card · TennisAdvancing player: Barbara Rittner

19 January 2001 · Melbourne Park, Melbourne

Event date:

The match

Barbara Rittner completed a 6-3, 7(7)-6(1) victory over Meilen Tu. The match was a second round result in the women's singles tournament at Melbourne Park, and the completed draw records Barbara Rittner as the advancing player.

Recorded result

The recorded result contains 2 sets. This report counts the match once as a single underlying sporting development rather than splitting sets, players or the next round into separate reports.

Date precision and sources

The completed results log assigns this match to 19 January 2001, inside the official ITF and WTA tournament interval of 15–28 January. iintroo records that historical event day separately from the report's actual 2026 publication timestamp.

The ITF and WTA event records establish the tournament and draw context. The full completed-results log and published draw were reconciled for the advancing player, opponent, round and set sequence.

Set by set

Women's singles · Second round
SetBarbara RittnerMeilen Tu
163
27(7)6(1)

Sources

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