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Dianne Fromholtz def. Sue Barker

6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 1979*
Tournament	Boston
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Dianne Fromholtz
Score	6-2 7-6
Loser	Sue Barker

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dianne Fromholtz	Sue Barker
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Aug 10, 1956	Apr 19, 1956
Age	22	22
Height	163	165
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,126	2,062
Career W-L	466–282	381–217
Career earnings	$1,145,377	$878,701

Pre-match H2H

Dianne Fromholtz 3 – 4 Sue Barker

Path

Dianne Fromholtz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1979	SF	Wendy Turnbull	5-7 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1979	QF	Marita Redondo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1979	R16	Betty Stove	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1979	R32	Kate Latham	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dianne Fromholtz's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sue Barker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1979	SF	Virginia Wade	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1979	QF	Chris Evert	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1979	R16	Marise Kruger	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1979	R32	Terry Holladay	6-2 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data