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Virginia Wade def. Sherry Acker

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Sherry Acker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Sherry Acker
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Jun 6, 1959
Age	33	19
Height	170	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,189	1,517
Career W-L	865–314	63–100
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$210,614

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 0 – 0 Sherry Acker

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1979	R32	Betty Stove	6-2 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1979	QF	Greer Stevens	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sherry Acker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1979	R32	Rene Blount	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data