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Nancy Richey def. Virginia Wade

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1969*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nancy Richey
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nancy Richey	Virginia Wade
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Aug 23, 1942	Jul 10, 1945
Age	26	23
Height	160	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,920	1,940
Career W-L	324–109	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Nancy Richey 0 – 0 Virginia Wade

Path

Nancy Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1969	QF	Kerry Harris	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1969	R16	Francoise Durr	7-5 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1969	R32	Elviry Dry	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nancy Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1969	F	Billie Jean King	6-3 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1969	QF	Brenda Kirk	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1969	R16	Anita Van Deventer	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1969	R32	Bernice Carr	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1969	R64	Heather Nicholls	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data