SF South African Open 1970

Margaret Court def. Virginia Wade

7-5 6-1

Margaret Court defeated Virginia Wade 7-5 6-1 in the 1970 South African Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 27, 1970*
Tournament: South African Open
Edition: 1970
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jul 10, 1945
Age	27	24
Height	175 cm	170 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,281	2,110
Current career W-L	613–64	865–313
Current career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 11 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Margaret Court's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Annette Van Zyl	8-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1970	QF
Helen Amos	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1970	R16
Evelyne Terras	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 1970	R32
Karin Boshoff	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1970	R64

Margaret Court's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Billie Jean King	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 28, 1970	F

Virginia Wade's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kerry Reid	6-1 9-7	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1970	QF
Francoise Durr	6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1970	R16
Glenda Swan	6-1 12-10	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 25, 1970	R32
Mynie Van Zyl	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 24, 1970	R64