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Margaret Court def. Nancy Richey

6-3 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 9, 1969*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-3 4-6 7-5
Loser	Nancy Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Nancy Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Aug 23, 1942
Age	26	26
Height	175	160
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,150	1,945
Career W-L	616–64	324–109

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 0 – 0 Nancy Richey

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1969	QF	Kerry Reid	9-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1969	R16	Patricia Walkden	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Monique Salfati	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1969	R64	Ana Maria Arias	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 10, 1969	F	Ann Jones	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nancy Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1969	QF	Julie Heldman	6-3 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1969	R16	Eva Lundquist	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1969	R32	Gail Sherriff	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1969	R64	Karen Krantzcke	11-9 6-0	W	H2H	Match data