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Virginia Wade def. Rosie Casals

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1979*
Tournament	Tampa
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	Rosie Casals

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Rosie Casals
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Sep 16, 1948
Age	34	31
Height	170	159
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,831
Career W-L	865–314	594–322
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,364,955

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 12 – 13 Rosie Casals

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1979	R32	Renata Tomanova	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1979	QF	Regina Marsikova	4-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rosie Casals's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1979	R32	Barbara Potter	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data