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Margaret Court def. Virginia Wade

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 1971*
Tournament	Perth
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jul 10, 1945
Age	28	25
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,344	2,086
Career W-L	616–64	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 13 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1971	SF	Gail Sherriff	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1971	QF	Winnie Shaw	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1971	R16	Brenda Kirk	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1971	R32	Kimiyo Hatanaka	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1971	SF	Betty Stove	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1971	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1971	R16	Kazuko Sawamatsu	6-2 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 1971	R32	Andree Martin	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data