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Kathy Jordan def. Virginia Wade

6-4 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Dec 5, 1983*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	Kathy Jordan
Score	6-4 4-6 6-1
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kathy Jordan	Virginia Wade
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Dec 3, 1959	Jul 10, 1945
Age	24	38
Height	173	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,958	1,797
Career W-L	249–155	865–314
Career earnings	$1,592,111	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Kathy Jordan 6 – 2 Virginia Wade

Path

Kathy Jordan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1983	R64	Lilian Drescher	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kathy Jordan's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1983	R16	Catherine Tanvier	6-1 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1983	R64	Susan Leo	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data