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In the quarterfinals, she defeated her second top 10 oppenent in a row Samantha Stosur in three sets which advanced her to her first semifinals appearance since the 2010 US Open.
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Davenport then lost in the Indian Wells, California, final to Hingis, after defeating Steffi Graf, and in the Miami, she fell in the quarterfinals to Anna Kournikova.
At the remaining Grand Slam tournaments of the year, she lost in the French Open fourth round, the Wimbledon quarterfinals, and the US Open semifinals.
Davenport then reached the quarterfinals of the US Open, where she held a match point on Elena Dementieva, before falling in the third set tie-break.
Despite injury, Davenport reached the US Open quarterfinals, where she again lost to Henin.
Davenport's second tournament was in Beijing, where she defeated fourth-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva in the quarterfinals, before losing to Janković in the semifinals.
At the Italian Open in Rome, she defeated sister Serena in the quarterfinals and World No. 5 Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals before losing to World No. 1 Hingis in the final.
Williams started the 1999 tour in Australia, where she lost to World No. 10 Steffi Graf in the quarterfinals of the Medibank International in Sydney and World No. 1 Davenport in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
At the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, Williams defeated World No. 17 Anna Kournikova in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year, where she lost to eventual runner-up Graf.
In the quarterfinals, she beat fifth-seeded Clijsters, followed by a semifinal victory over World No. 2 Capriati.
However, she then lost for the first time in her career to Seles in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
She reached the semifinals at the year-ending Sanex Championships after defeating Seles in the quarterfinals, but she then was forced to retire against Clijsters due to injury.
Williams defeated former champion Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals and Kim Clijsters in the semifinals to advance to her fourth consecutive Wimbledon final, where she lost again to sister Serena.
Going into the French Open, Williams had the best clay-court record among the women and was among the favorites to win the title ; however, after making the quarterfinals to extend her winning streak on the surface to 19 matches, she lost to eventual champion Anastasia Myskina.
In March, at the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, Williams defeated sister and Australian Open champion Serena in the quarterfinals, the first time she had defeated Serena since 2001.
In the quarterfinals of the tournament, she defeated French Open runner-up Pierce in an epic second-set tiebreak, winning it 12 – 10 to make the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in two years.
Wiliams completed the clay-court season by reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open, where she lost to Nicole Vaidišová.
Despite her knee injury, she made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Tsvetana Pironkova.
Unseeded, she lost for the first time in eleven meetings to Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinals.
This marked the first time in her career that she did not reach the quarterfinals or better in any of the grandslam tournaments in a season.
15, Ana Ivanovic in three sets to reach the quarterfinals where she appeared fatigued and lost to the eventual champion, Agnieszka Radwańska in straight sets.
A week later in Charleston, she reached her second consecutive quarterfinals appearance, defeating Jelena Janković en route.
A week later in Rome, she reached her third quarterfinals of the four tournaments she had participated in with a straight-sets victory against Samantha Stosur in the third round.
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He then defeated Olivier Rochus and David Ferrer, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis in the quarterfinals.
At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D. C., Hewitt was defeated by Arnaud Clément, 6 – 7 ( 1 ), 4 – 6, in a quarterfinals, after defeating Vincent Spadea in the second round and Denis Gremelmayr in the third round.
He defeated Richard Gasquet, 6 – 4, 6 – 4, 4 – 6, 3 – 6, 6 – 3, in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals for the seventh consecutive year.
At the French Open, Davenport defeated defending champion Iva Majoli in the quarterfinals, before losing to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals.
In the quarterfinals of that tournament, Davenport defeated Venus Williams for the fourth consecutive time.
He defeated John McEnroe in the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, but then lost to Chang in the semifinals.
Sampras, however, then defeated two young stars, Tommy Haas in the fourth round and Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals.
In arguably their most memorable match, Sampras defeated Agassi in the 2001 US Open quarterfinals 6 – 7, 7 – 6, 7 – 6, 7 – 6.
Sampras had defeated world number 3 Tommy Haas in the fourth round and future world number 1 Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, while Agassi had defeated world number 1 and defending champion Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals.
The Ducks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the quarterfinals in five games and the Canucks in the semifinals in five games as well.
In the quarterfinals of that tournament he defeated Pete Sampras.
At the US Open, Williams defeated fourth seeded Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals before losing to second seeded and eventual champion Davenport in the semifinals.
At the Olympic Games in Sydney, Williams defeated Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals, Seles in the semifinals, and Elena Dementieva in the final to win the gold medal.
At the US Open, Williams defeated Seles in the quarterfinals and Amélie Mauresmo in three sets to make the final.
She defeated World No. 9 Agnieszka Radwańska in the quarterfinals and World No. 13 Marion Bartoli in the semifinals to reach her third straight WTA tour final and fourth Sony Ericsson Open final.
Connors then defeated Paul Haarhuis in the quarterfinals before suffering a defeat to Jim Courier.
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She confounded expectations with a run to the quarterfinals on her least favourite surface, including a come-from-behind victory over Kim Clijsters in the fourth round.
In 1995, Williams played three more events as a wild card, falling in the first round of the tournament in Los Angeles and the tournament in Toronto but reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament in Oakland, defeating World No. 18 Amy Frazier in the second round for her first win over a top 20 ranked player before losing to Magdalena Maleeva.
Williams lost her first match at the Direct Line International Championships in Eastbourne on grass before losing to eventual champion and World No. 3 Jana Novotná in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon.
She won her first four matches in Paris without losing a set before losing in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded and former champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in three sets.
She won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, sister Serena in the semifinals, and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final.
She then lost in the quarterfinals of her next three tournaments.
Williams completed the year by losing in the quarterfinals of three indoor tournaments in the fall, a period that included defeat in her first meeting with 17-year-old Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova at the Zurich Open.
At the US Open, Williams achieved her second consecutive win over Serena in the fourth round, but then lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Kim Clijsters.
She suffered the worst defeat of her career in the quarterfinals, losing to World No. 4 Jelena Janković 6 – 0, 6 – 1.
At her next tournament, the Tier II Open Gaz de France in Paris, Mauresmo lost in the quarterfinals to Anna Chakvetadze, 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 3 – 6.
She won her first four matches against unseeded players before defeating seventh-seeded Anastasia Myskina in the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, she defeated fourth seed and World No. 7 Jelena Janković 3 – 6, 7 – 6 ( 4 ), 6 – 3 for the tenth time in her career.
At Wimbledon, Capriati defeated 9-time champion Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinals, her earliest exit in 14 years, before losing to Sabatini.
In Miami, Capriati ended Seles's streak of 21 consecutive finals by defeating her in the quarterfinals.
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