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Virginia Wade def. Sherry Acker

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 1981*
Tournament	Amelia Island
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Sherry Acker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Sherry Acker
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Jun 6, 1959
Age	35	21
Height	170	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,867	1,795
Career W-L	865–314	63–100
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$210,614

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 3 – 0 Sherry Acker

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1981	R64	Diane Desfor	2-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 1981	R16	Sylvia Hanika	4-6 6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Sherry Acker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1981	R64	Betty Stove	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data