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Virginia Wade def. Rosie Casals

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 1972*
Tournament	Boston
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Rosie Casals

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Rosie Casals
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Sep 16, 1948
Age	26	23
Height	170	159
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,180	2,187
Career W-L	865–314	594–322
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,364,955

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 3 – 3 Rosie Casals

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1972	QF	Judy Tegart	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1972	R16	Wendy Gilchrist	6-7(1) 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1972	R32	Esme Emmanuel	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1972	F	Francoise Durr	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rosie Casals's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 1972	QF	Karen Krantzcke	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1972	R16	Betty Stove	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 1972	R32	Corinne Molesworth	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1972	BR	Wendy Overton	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data