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Margaret Court def. Betty Stove

7-6(4) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 1973*
Tournament	Richmond
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	7-6(4) 6-1
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)	2,472	1,954
Career W-L	616–64	413–304
Career earnings	—	$1,047,356

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 4 – 0 Betty Stove

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1973	QF	Pam Teeguarden	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1973	R16	Penny Moor	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1973	R32	Laurie Fleming	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1973	F	Janet Newberry	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Betty Stove's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1973	QF	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1973	R16	Brenda Kirk	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1973	R32	Joy Schwikert	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1973	BR	Julie Heldman	8-3	W	H2H	Match data