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Virginia Ruzici def. Joyce Portman

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1981*
Tournament	Perugia
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Ruzici
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Joyce Portman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Ruzici	Joyce Portman
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jan 31, 1955	May 3, 1958
Age	26	23
Height	173	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	—
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,088	1,650
Career W-L	458–274	17–30
Career earnings	$1,183,728	$38,847

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Ruzici 2 – 0 Joyce Portman

Path

Virginia Ruzici's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1981	QF	Elly Appel	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1981	R16	Iris Riedel Kuhn	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1981	R32	Christiane Jolissaint	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Ruzici's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1981	F	Chris Evert	6-1 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Joyce Portman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1981	QF	Ivanna Madruga	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 1981	R16	Patrizia Murgo	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1981	R32	Frederique Thibault	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1981	R64	Jo Durie	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data