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Rosie Casals def. Virginia Wade

6-4 3-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 1979*
Tournament	Detroit
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Rosie Casals
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rosie Casals	Virginia Wade
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Sep 16, 1948	Jul 10, 1945
Age	30	33
Height	159	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,918	2,210
Career W-L	594–322	865–314
Career earnings	$1,364,955	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Rosie Casals 12 – 11 Virginia Wade

Path

Rosie Casals's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1979	R32	Barbara Jordan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rosie Casals's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1979	QF	Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	0-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1979	R32	Diane Desfor	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data