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Virginia Wade def. Martina Navratilova

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 19, 1976*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Martina Navratilova

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Martina Navratilova
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Oct 18, 1956
Age	30	19
Height	170	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,223	2,185
Career W-L	865–314	1,427–227
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$21,626,089

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 4 – 4 Martina Navratilova

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1976	QF	Mona Guerrant	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1976	R16	Terry Holladay	6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1976	R32	Jeanne Evert	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1976	R64	Virginia Ruzici	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1976	F	Jeanne Evert	8-6 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1976	QF	Betsy Nagelsen	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1976	R16	Linda Mottram	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1976	R32	Bunny Bruning	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1976	R64	Annina Von Planta	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data