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Wendy Turnbull def. Virginia Wade

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 9, 1981*
Tournament	Tampa
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Wendy Turnbull
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 26, 1952	Jul 10, 1945
Age	28	36
Height	164	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,967	1,840
Career W-L	585–330	865–314
Career earnings	$2,769,024	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Wendy Turnbull 6 – 10 Virginia Wade

Path

Wendy Turnbull's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1981	R32	Trey Lewis	4-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Wendy Turnbull's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1981	QF	Mary Lou Piatek	7-5 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 1981	R32	Sherry Acker	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data