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Margaret Court def. Nancy Richey

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Margaret Court
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Nancy Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Nancy Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Aug 23, 1942
Age	27	27
Height	175	160
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,245	1,991
Career W-L	616–64	324–109

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 1 – 0 Nancy Richey

Path

Margaret Court's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1969	SF	Virginia Wade	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1969	QF	Karen Krantzcke	6-0 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1969	R16	Emilie Burrer	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Betty Ann Grubb	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1969	R64	Suzana Gesteira	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nancy Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1969	SF	Rosie Casals	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1969	QF	Billie Jean King	6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1969	R16	Winnie Shaw	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Joyce Williams	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1969	R64	Patricia Reese	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data