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Gail Sherriff def. Heide Orth

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 1974*
Tournament	Nice
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gail Sherriff
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Heide Orth

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gail Sherriff	Heide Orth
Country	FRA	GER
Birth date	Apr 3, 1945	Aug 10, 1942
Age	29	31
Height	—	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,772	1,703
Career W-L	342–145	62–53
Career earnings	$1,239	—

Pre-match H2H

Gail Sherriff 1 – 1 Heide Orth

Path

Gail Sherriff's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1974	SF	Lea Pericoli	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1974	QF	Eva Szabo	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1974	R16	Maria Teresa Nasuelli	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1974	R32	Daniela Marzano	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gail Sherriff's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Heide Orth's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1974	SF	Rosalba Vido	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1974	QF	Monique Salfati	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1974	R16	Nicole Bimes	UNK	W	H2H	Match data