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Virginia Wade def. Betsy Nagelsen

4-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 1978*
Tournament	Eastbourne
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	4-6 7-6 6-3
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	32	21
Height	170	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,185	1,708
Career W-L	865–314	266–324
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,016,519

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 3 – 1 Betsy Nagelsen

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R64	Julie Anthony	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1978	R16	Lesley Hunt	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Betsy Nagelsen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1978	R64	Florenta Mihai	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data