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Wendy Turnbull def. Virginia Wade

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1977*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Wendy Turnbull
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Virginia Wade

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wendy Turnbull	Virginia Wade
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Nov 26, 1952	Jul 10, 1945
Age	24	32
Height	164	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,947	2,223
Career W-L	585–330	865–314
Career earnings	$2,769,024	$1,542,278

Pre-match H2H

Wendy Turnbull 0 – 7 Virginia Wade

Path

Wendy Turnbull's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1977	R16	Rosie Casals	4-6 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Barbara Jordan	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1977	R64	Cynthia Doerner	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Sabina Simmonds	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Wendy Turnbull's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1977	SF	Martina Navratilova	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Virginia Wade's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1977	R16	Mona Guerrant	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1977	R32	Fiorella Bonicelli	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1977	R64	Margaret Riley	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1977	R128	Renee Richards	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data