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Margaret Court def. Patricia Walkden

6-1 6-0

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1970*
Tournament	Haverford
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-1 6-0
Loser	Patricia Walkden

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Patricia Walkden
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Feb 12, 1946
Age	28	24
Height	175	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,379	1,896
Career W-L	616–64	218–104

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 9 – 0 Patricia Walkden

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1970	SF	Kerry Reid	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1970	QF	Gail Sherriff	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1970	R16	Kathleen Harter	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1970	R32	Sherry Bedingfield	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Patricia Walkden's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1970	SF	Corinne Molesworth	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1970	QF	Mary Ann Eisel	4-6 8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 1970	R16	Karen Krantzcke	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 1970	R32	Patricia Bostrom	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data