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Evonne Goolagong def. Nancy Yeargin

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 1978*
Tournament	Surbiton
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Evonne Goolagong
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	Nancy Yeargin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Evonne Goolagong	Nancy Yeargin
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 31, 1951	May 22, 1955
Age	26	23
Height	168	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,425	1,548
Career W-L	735–158	42–73
Career earnings	$1,399,431	$64,527

Pre-match H2H

Evonne Goolagong 0 – 0 Nancy Yeargin

Path

Evonne Goolagong's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1978	QF	Lesley Charles	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R16	Veronica Burton	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1978	R32	Lotta Stenberg	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R64	Charlene Murphy	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Evonne Goolagong's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	F	Winnie Shaw	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nancy Yeargin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1978	QF	Lita Liem	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 1978	R16	Corinne Molesworth	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1978	R32	Chris Newton	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R64	Denise Parnell	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1978	R128	Amreeta Ahluwalia	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data