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Margaret Court def. Nancy Richey

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 14, 1970*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Nancy Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Nancy Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Aug 23, 1942
Age	28	28
Height	175	160
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,359	2,091
Career W-L	616–64	324–109

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 2 – 0 Nancy Richey

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1970	QF	Helen Gourlay	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1970	R16	Trish Mcclenaughan	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Patti Hogan	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R64	Pamela Austin	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1970	F	Rosie Casals	6-2 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nancy Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1970	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1970	R16	Olga Morozova	7-5 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Gail Sherriff	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1970	R64	Laura Dupont	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data