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Virginia Wade def. Betty Stove

4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	Betty Stove

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Betty Stove
Country	GBR	NED
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Jun 24, 1945
Age	31	32
Height	170	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,203	2,100
Career W-L	865–314	413–304
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,047,356

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 16 – 3 Betty Stove

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1977	SF	Chris Evert	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Rosie Casals	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Mariana Simionescu	9-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Yvonne Vermaak	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Betsy Nagelsen	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Jo Durie	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Betty Stove's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1977	SF	Sue Barker	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Martina Navratilova	9-8 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Helen Gourlay	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Renata Tomanova	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Pam Teeguarden	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Sabina Simmonds	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data