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Virginia Wade def. Janet Newberry

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Jan 8, 1977*
Tournament Washington DC
Category WTA 250
Surface Carpet
RoundQF
Winner Virginia Wade
Score6-3 7-5
Loser Janet Newberry

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldVirginia WadeJanet Newberry
Country GBR USA
Birth dateJul 10, 1945Aug 6, 1953
Age3123
Height170170
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,2591,892
Career W-L865–314238–187
Career earnings$1,542,278
Pre-match H2H
Virginia Wade 2 0 Janet Newberry

Path

Virginia Wade's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 1977R16 Linky Boshoff 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 6, 1977R32 Julie Anthony 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data

Virginia Wade's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 8, 1977SF Martina Navratilova 7-6(0) 6-0LH2HMatch data

Janet Newberry's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 1977R16 Wendy Overton 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jan 6, 1977R32 Mima Jausovec 4-6 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch data