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Margaret Court def. Evonne Goolagong

4-6 6-3 10-8

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1973*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	4-6 6-3 10-8
Loser	Evonne Goolagong

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jul 31, 1951
Age	30	21
Height	175	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,418	2,248
Career W-L	616–64	735–158
Career earnings	—	$1,399,431

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 13 – 2 Evonne Goolagong

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	SF	Karen Krantzcke	4-6 6-0 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	QF	Glynis Coles	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1973	R16	Chris Matison	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1973	R32	Norma Marsh	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Evonne Goolagong's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	SF	Virginia Wade	7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 1973	QF	Janet Young	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1973	R16	Pam Whytcross	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 1973	R32	Sally Irvine	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data