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Kerry Reid def. Beth Norton

7-5 6-7 6-1

Match Information

Date	Dec 17, 1978*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Kerry Reid
Score	7-5 6-7 6-1
Loser	Beth Norton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kerry Reid	Beth Norton
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 7, 1947	Jun 13, 1957
Age	31	21
Height	166	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,070	1,816
Career W-L	586–245	62–93
Career earnings	$2,225	$106,173

Pre-match H2H

Kerry Reid 0 – 0 Beth Norton

Path

Kerry Reid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1978	SF	Hana Mandlikova	5-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1978	QF	Lesley Hunt	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1978	R16	Sylvia Hanika	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1978	R32	Nina Bohm	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 13, 1978	R64	Brenda Perry	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Kerry Reid's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Beth Norton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1978	SF	Ilana Kloss	6-3 3-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 16, 1978	QF	Birgitte Hermansen	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1978	R16	Rosie Casals	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 14, 1978	R32	Christiane Jolissaint	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 13, 1978	R64	Kym Ruddell	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data