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Martina Navratilova def. Betty Stove

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 6, 1976*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Betty Stove

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Betty Stove
Country	USA	NED
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jun 24, 1945
Age	20	31
Height	173	180
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,140	2,083
Career W-L	1,427–227	413–304
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$1,047,356

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 3 – 2 Betty Stove

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1976	SF	Dianne Fromholtz	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1976	QF	Margaret Court	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1976	R16	Ilana Kloss	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1976	R32	Marcie Louie	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Betty Stove's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1976	SF	Kerry Reid	7-6(1) 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 5, 1976	QF	Evonne Goolagong	7-6(11) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 4, 1976	R16	Patricia Bostrom	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1976	R32	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	5-7 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data