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Kerry Reid def. Virginia Wade

4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 9, 1978*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Kerry Reid
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kerry Reid	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Aug 7, 1947	Jul 10, 1945
Age	31	33
Height	166	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,041	2,246
Career W-L	586–245	865–314
Career earnings	$2,225	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Kerry Reid 2 – 13 Virginia Wade

Path

Kerry Reid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1978	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1978	R16	Nina Bohm	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1978	R32	Florenta Mihai	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1978	R64	Merrilyn Robinson	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kerry Reid's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 10, 1978	F	Dianne Fromholtz	1-6 6-1 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 9, 1978	QF	Regina Marsikova	6-3 6-7 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1978	R16	Hana Strachonova	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 7, 1978	R32	Kaye Hallam	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1978	R64	Silvana Urroz	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data