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Virginia Wade def. Sylvia Hanika

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 1980*
Tournament	Kansas City
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	Sylvia Hanika

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Sylvia Hanika
Country	GBR	GER
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Nov 30, 1959
Age	34	20
Height	170	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,068	1,954
Career W-L	865–314	414–238
Career earnings	$1,542,278	$1,296,560

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 1 – 1 Sylvia Hanika

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	Ivanna Madruga	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 1980	QF	Dianne Fromholtz	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Sylvia Hanika's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 1980	R32	Kathy May	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data