11.   The Romanian-born Ilie had earlier ousted top seed Alex Corretja.

12.   The Slovak ousted third seed Albert Portas in the quarterfinals.

13.   Two qualifiers who ousted seeds in the first round had mixed fortunes.

14.   Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk ousted top seed Garry Kasparov of Russia in the quarterfinals before losing to Anand in the semifinals.

15.   Fellow German Martin Sinner also staged an upset, ousting second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov in straight sets.

16.   Seles, who ousted second seed Venus Williams in the quarter-finals, held but Hingis was starting to weather the storm.

17.   Seles, who ousted second seed Venus Williams in the quarter-finals, gave the Swiss Miss a vote of confidence ahead of the final.

18.   Stich ousted eighth seed Rafter in his third straight delayed match.