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Virginia Wade def. Betsy Nagelsen

6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 5, 1978*
Tournament	Phoenix
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-3 7-5
Loser	Betsy Nagelsen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Betsy Nagelsen
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Oct 23, 1956
Age	33	21
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,219	1,629
Career W-L	865–314	266–324
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,016,519

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 4 – 1 Betsy Nagelsen

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1978	BR	Kerry Reid	6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 1978	R16	Laura Dupont	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Betsy Nagelsen's path

No prior matches in this tournament.