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Virginia Wade def. Gail Sherriff

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 1, 1972*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Gail Sherriff

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Gail Sherriff
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Apr 3, 1945
Age	26	26
Height	170	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,163	1,949
Career W-L	865–314	342–145
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,239

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 5 – 0 Gail Sherriff

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1972	R16	Susan Minford	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1972	R32	Rosalba Vido	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1972	R64	Marianna Brummer	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1972	R128	Rita Felix	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1972	F	Evonne Goolagong	4-6 6-3 6-0	L	H2H	Match data

Gail Sherriff's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	QF	Winnie Shaw	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1972	R16	Trudy Groenman	6-4 2-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1972	R32	Mynie Van Zyl	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 1972	R64	Kirsten Robsahm	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 28, 1972	R128	Monique Van Haver	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 27, 1972	BR	Patricia Walkden	6-0 7-6(13)	W	H2H	Match data