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Virginia Wade def. Julie Heldman

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Nov 18, 1972*
Tournament	London
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Virginia Wade
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Julie Heldman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Virginia Wade	Julie Heldman
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1945	Dec 8, 1945
Age	27	26
Height	170	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,103	1,968
Career W-L	865–314	381–159
Career earnings	$1,542,278	—

Pre-match H2H

Virginia Wade 13 – 4 Julie Heldman

Path

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1972	R16	Corinne Molesworth	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 19, 1972	F	Margaret Court	6-1 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Julie Heldman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 17, 1972	R16	Sharon Walsh Pete	4-6 7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data