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Martina Navratilova def. Marise Kruger

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 1979*
Tournament	Houston
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Martina Navratilova
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Marise Kruger

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Navratilova	Marise Kruger
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Oct 18, 1956	Jul 17, 1958
Age	22	20
Height	173	168
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,426	1,749
Career W-L	1,427–227	71–70
Career earnings	$21,626,089	—

Pre-match H2H

Martina Navratilova 4 – 0 Marise Kruger

Path

Martina Navratilova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	Renee Richards	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Navratilova's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 1979	QF	Virginia Ruzici	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marise Kruger's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1979	R32	Regina Marsikova	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data