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Helena Sukova def. Barbara Potter

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 6, 1981*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Helena Sukova
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Barbara Potter

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Helena Sukova	Barbara Potter
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Feb 23, 1965	Oct 22, 1961
Age	16	20
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,575	1,972
Career W-L	580–297	299–190
Career earnings	$6,391,245	$1,376,580

Pre-match H2H

Helena Sukova 0 – 0 Barbara Potter

Path

Helena Sukova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1981	R64	Anne Smith	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Helena Sukova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1981	R16	Hana Mandlikova	6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Barbara Potter's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1981	R64	Katerina Bohmova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data