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Margaret Court def. Julie Heldman

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 1973*
Tournament	Newport
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Julie Heldman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Julie Heldman
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Dec 8, 1945
Age	31	27
Height	175	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,458	2,046
Career W-L	616–64	381–159

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 14 – 2 Julie Heldman

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	SF	Kristien Shaw	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	QF	Lesley Hunt	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1973	R16	Brenda Kirk	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R32	Cynthia Doerner	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Julie Heldman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	SF	Kerry Reid	6-3 6-7(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1973	QF	Rosie Casals	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1973	R16	Laura Rossouw	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1973	R32	Julie Anthony	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data