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Martina Navratilova def. Tracy Austin

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 8, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Tracy Austin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Dec 12, 1962
Age	22	16
Height	173	165
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,438	2,288
Career W-L	1,427–227	339–88
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$2,092,380

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 10 – 2 Tracy Austin

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Dianne Fromholtz	2-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Greer Stevens	7-6 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Rosie Casals	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Jo Durie	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Tanya Harford	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 1979	F	Chris Evert	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tracy Austin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1979	QF	Billie Jean King	6-4 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Virginia Ruzici	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Betty Ann Grubb	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Brigette Cuypers	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data