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Wendy Turnbull def. Sherry Acker

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 1979*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Wendy Turnbull
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Sherry Acker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wendy Turnbull	Sherry Acker
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 26, 1952	Jun 6, 1959
Age	26	20
Height	164	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,077	1,644
Career W-L	585–330	63–100
Career earnings	$2,769,024	$210,614

Pre-match H2H

Wendy Turnbull 0 – 0 Sherry Acker

Path

Wendy Turnbull's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R32	Bettina Bunge	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wendy Turnbull's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 1979	QF	Chris Evert	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sherry Acker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1979	R32	Yvonne Vermaak	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data