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Arthur Ashe def. Peter Curtis

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 1969*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Peter Curtis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Peter Curtis
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 29, 1945
Age	25	23
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,559
Career W-L	800–258	53–76
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Peter Curtis

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1969	R32	Ove Bengtson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1969	QF	Ray Ruffels	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Peter Curtis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1969	R32	Reid Robson	(w/o)	W	—	Match data