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Margaret Court def. Virginia Wade

7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	7-5 6-0
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	27	24
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,238	2,015
Career W-L	616–64	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 9 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1969	QF	Karen Krantzcke	6-0 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1969	R16	Emilie Burrer	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Betty Ann Grubb	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1969	R64	Suzana Gesteira	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1969	F	Nancy Richey	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1969	QF	Julie Heldman	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1969	R16	Lesley Hunt	9-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Connie Capozzi	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1969	R64	Kristien Shaw	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data