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Arthur Ashe #27 def. Jose Luis Clerc #89

6-2 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 1978*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-2 6-4 6-4
Loser	Jose Luis Clerc

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 16, 1958
Age	34	19
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	89
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,673
Career W-L	800–258	361–141
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Jose Luis Clerc

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	Phil Dent	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1978	R32	Jan Kodes	4-6 6-3 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1978	R128	Ivan Lendl	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data