R16 Melbourne 1971

Margaret Court def. Sharon Walsh Pete

6-4 6-3

Margaret Court defeated Sharon Walsh Pete 6-4 6-3 in the 1971 Melbourne round of 16 on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 1971*
Tournament: Melbourne
Edition: 1971
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Grass
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Sharon Walsh Pete
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Feb 24, 1952
Age	28	18
Height	175 cm	174 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,362	1,845
Current career W-L	613–64	300–340
Current career earnings	—	$751,138

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 0 – 0 Sharon Walsh Pete

Path

Margaret Court's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kerry Wilkinson	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1971	R32

Margaret Court's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Patti Hogan	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 1971	QF

Sharon Walsh Pete's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kimiyo Hatanaka	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 1971	R32