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Heide Orth def. Virginia Wade

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1972*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Heide Orth
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Heide Orth	Virginia Wade
Country	GER	GBR
Birth date	Aug 10, 1942	Jul 10, 1945
Age	29	26
Height	—	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,738	2,156
Career W-L	62–53	865–314
Career earnings	—	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Heide Orth 0 – 0 Virginia Wade

Path

Heide Orth's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1972	R32	Raquel Giscafre	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Heide Orth's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1972	QF	Olga Morozova	6-4 4-6 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

No prior matches in this tournament.