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Martina Navratilova def. Evonne Goolagong

2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 1978*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Evonne Goolagong

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Evonne Goolagong
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jul 31, 1951
Age	21	26
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,422	2,438
Career W-L	1,427–227	735–158
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$1,399,431

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 4 – 13 Evonne Goolagong

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Marise Kruger	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Tracy Austin	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Kathy Jordan	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Pam Whytcross	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1978	R128	Julie Anthony	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1978	F	Chris Evert	2-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Evonne Goolagong's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1978	QF	Virginia Ruzici	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1978	R16	Regina Marsikova	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1978	R32	Janet Newberry	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1978	R64	Lele Forood	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data