Arthur Ashe #27 def. Jose Luis Clerc #89

6-2 6-4 6-4

Arthur Ashe defeated Jose Luis Clerc 6-2 6-4 6-4 in the 1978 Roland Garros round of 64 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 2, 1978*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 1978
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: R64

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Jose Luis Clerc
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 16, 1958
Age	34	19
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	27	89
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,674
Current career W-L	792–256	355–138
Current career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,987,036

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe #27 0 – 0 Jose Luis Clerc #89

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Phil Dent #26	6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1978	R128

Arthur Ashe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan Kodes #61	4-6 6-3 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 1978	R32

Jose Luis Clerc's path

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