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Margaret Court def. Virginia Wade

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 1970*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jul 10, 1945
Age	27	24
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,279	2,105
Career W-L	616–64	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 11 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Margaret Court's path

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

Margaret Court's next match

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

Virginia Wade's path

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