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Evonne Goolagong def. Virginia Wade

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Evonne Goolagong
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Evonne Goolagong	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 31, 1951	Jul 10, 1945
Age	27	33
Height	168	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,314	2,105
Career W-L	735–158	865–314
Career earnings	$1,399,431	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Evonne Goolagong 19 – 9 Virginia Wade

Path

Evonne Goolagong's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Kathy Jordan	7-6 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Cynthia Doerner	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Sherry Acker	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Marcie Louie	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Evonne Goolagong's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 1979	SF	Chris Evert	6-3 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1979	R16	Deborah Jevans	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Sylvia Hanika	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1979	R64	Barbara Jordan	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Mareen Louie Harper	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data