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Margaret Court def. Betty Stove

6-4 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Nov 18, 1972*
Tournament	London
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-4 7-6(2)
Loser	Betty Stove

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Betty Stove
Country	AUS	NED
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jun 24, 1945
Age	30	27
Height	175	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,379	1,971
Career W-L	616–64	413–304
Career earnings	—	$1,047,356

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 1 – 0 Betty Stove

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1972	R16	Wendy Gilchrist	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 1972	F	Virginia Wade	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Betty Stove's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1972	R16	Brenda Kirk	6-2 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data