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Margaret Court def. Sue Barker

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 13, 1976*
Tournament	Melbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Sue Barker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Sue Barker
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Apr 19, 1956
Age	34	20
Height	175	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,254	2,066
Career W-L	616–64	381–217
Career earnings	—	$878,701

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 1 – 0 Sue Barker

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 12, 1976	SF	Betty Stove	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 12, 1976	QF	Kerry Reid	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 11, 1976	R16	Joanne Russell	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 10, 1976	R32	Lesley Turner	6-7(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sue Barker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 12, 1976	SF	Dianne Fromholtz	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 12, 1976	QF	Francoise Durr	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 11, 1976	R16	Brigette Cuypers	2-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 10, 1976	R32	Wendy Overton	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data