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Chris Evert def. Julie Heldman

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 26, 1973
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Chris Evert
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Julie Heldman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Chris Evert	Julie Heldman
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 21, 1954	Dec 8, 1945
Age	19	28
Height	168	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,361	2,084
Career W-L	1,222–157	381–159
Career earnings	$8,896,195	—

Pre-match H2H

Chris Evert 5 – 2 Julie Heldman

Path

Chris Evert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	QF	Janet Newberry	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	R16	Janet Fallis	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	R32	Katerleen Szeman	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Evert's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	F	Evonne Goolagong	7-6 4-6 6-0	L	H2H	Match data

Julie Heldman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	QF	Lesley Hunt	7-5 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	R16	Patricia Coleman	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	R32	Wendy Turnbull	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1973	R64	Nerida Gregory	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data