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Kerry Reid def. Virginia Wade

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 16, 1972*
Tournament	Newport Wales
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Kerry Reid
Score	7-5 6-2
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	24	27
Height	166	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,090	2,092
Career W-L	586–245	865–314
Career earnings	$2,225	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Kerry Reid 1 – 3 Virginia Wade

Path

Kerry Reid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	SF	Winnie Shaw	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	QF	Betty Stove	3-6 6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R16	Jackie Fayter	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1972	R32	Ruth Morgan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Kerry Reid's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	SF	Joyce Williams	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 15, 1972	QF	Patti Hogan	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 1972	R16	Cynthia Doerner	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1972	R32	Hilary Hodge	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data