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Dianne Fromholtz def. Virginia Wade

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1979*
Tournament	Hollywood
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dianne Fromholtz
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dianne Fromholtz	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Aug 10, 1956	Jul 10, 1945
Age	22	33
Height	163	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,115	2,259
Career W-L	466–282	865–314
Career earnings	$1,145,377	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Dianne Fromholtz 0 – 7 Virginia Wade

Path

Dianne Fromholtz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Sue Barker	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Barbara Jordan	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Linda Siegel	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dianne Fromholtz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1979	F	Greer Stevens	4-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1979	QF	Virginia Ruzici	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Betsy Nagelsen	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1979	R32	Mima Jausovec	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1979	BR	Marise Kruger	6-0	W	H2H	Match data