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Virginia Wade def. Chris Evert

6-2 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1977*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1
Loser	Chris Evert

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Chris Evert
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Dec 21, 1954
Age	31	22
Height	170	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,174	2,574
Career W-L	865–314	1,222–157
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$8,896,195

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 5 – 14 Chris Evert

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Rosie Casals	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Mariana Simionescu	9-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Yvonne Vermaak	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Betsy Nagelsen	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Jo Durie	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1977	F	Betty Stove	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Evert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1977	QF	Billie Jean King	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1977	R16	Greer Stevens	8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1977	R32	Tracy Austin	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1977	R64	Winnie Shaw	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1977	R128	Ruta Gerulaitis	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data