Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

Beth Norton def. Ruta Gerulaitis

1-6 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 30, 1976*
Tournament	Westchester
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Beth Norton
Score	1-6 7-5 6-3
Loser	Ruta Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Beth Norton	Ruta Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jun 13, 1957	Nov 18, 1955
Age	19	20
Height	—	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,683	1,641
Career W-L	62–93	36–60
Career earnings	$106,173	—

Pre-match H2H

Beth Norton 0 – 0 Ruta Gerulaitis

Path

Beth Norton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1976	SF	Janet Newberry	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1976	QF	Laura Dupont	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1976	R16	Sharon Walsh Pete	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1976	R32	Vicki Lancaster Kerr	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Beth Norton's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ruta Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1976	SF	Mary Carillo	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1976	QF	Janice Metcalf	4-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1976	R16	Isabel Fernandez De Soto	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1976	R32	Hillary Laduke	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data