SF South African Open 1971

Margaret Court def. Winnie Shaw

6-3 6-3

Margaret Court defeated Winnie Shaw 6-3 6-3 in the 1971 South African Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 10, 1971*
Tournament: South African Open
Edition: 1971
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	Winnie Shaw
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jan 18, 1947
Age	28	24
Height	175 cm	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,368	1,948
Current career W-L	613–64	296–144

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 9 – 0 Winnie Shaw

Path

Margaret Court's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kerry Harris	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Una Vakino	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Sue Hole	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Gillian Van Der Merwe	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64

Margaret Court's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Evonne Goolagong	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1971	F

Winnie Shaw's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Helga Masthoff	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Helen Gourlay	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Barbara Hawcroft	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Jean Forbes	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64