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Martina Navratilova def. Tracy Austin

(w/o)

Match Information

Date	Jun 23, 1979*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	(w/o)
Loser	Tracy Austin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Dec 12, 1962
Age	22	16
Height	173	165
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,436	2,271
Career W-L	1,427–227	339–88
Career earnings	$21,626,089	$2,092,380

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 9 – 2 Tracy Austin

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1979	QF	Wendy Turnbull	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1979	R16	Anne Hobbs	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1979	R32	Jo Durie	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1979	R64	Marise Kruger	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1979	F	Chris Evert	7-5 5-7 13-11	L	H2H	Match data

Tracy Austin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1979	QF	Ilana Kloss	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1979	R16	Kathy Jordan	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1979	R32	Betsy Nagelsen	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1979	R64	Glynis Coles	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data