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Margaret Court def. Virginia Wade

4-6 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 3, 1971*
Tournament	Durban
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	4-6 6-2 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	28	25
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,354	2,099
Career W-L	616–64	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 14 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R16	Alison Mcmillan	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R32	Gillian Van Der Merwe	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1971	F	Patti Hogan	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	QF	Winnie Shaw	7-6(4) 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R16	Kerry Harris	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R32	Linky Boshoff	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1971	R64	C Stow	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data