F South African Open 1971

Margaret Court def. Evonne Goolagong

6-3 6-1

Margaret Court defeated Evonne Goolagong 6-3 6-1 in the 1971 South African Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 11, 1971*
Tournament: South African Open
Edition: 1971
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Margaret Court	Evonne Goolagong
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jul 16, 1942	Jul 31, 1951
Age	28	19
Height	175 cm	168 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,371	2,096
Current career W-L	613–64	736–159
Current career earnings	—	$1,399,431

Pre-match H2H

Margaret Court 6 – 1 Evonne Goolagong

Path

Margaret Court's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Winnie Shaw	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	SF
Kerry Harris	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Una Vakino	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Sue Hole	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Gillian Van Der Merwe	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64

Margaret Court's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Evonne Goolagong's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Virginia Wade	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	SF
Patricia Walkden	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1971	QF
Laura Rossouw	3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 1971	R16
Glenda Swan	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1971	R32
Marion Lloyd Wronsley	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 7, 1971	R64