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Arthur Ashe def. Ion Tiriac

6-1 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 23, 1970*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-1 4-6 6-3
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Ion Tiriac
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	May 9, 1939
Age	27	31
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,047	1,780
Career W-L	800–258	228–190
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1970	QF	Dick Crealy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 22, 1970	R16	Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1970	R32	Onny Parun	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 1970	R64	Ian Crookenden	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 1970	F	Cliff Richey	7-5 6-2 6-1	L	H2H	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 1970	QF	Stan Smith	6-3 10-12 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 22, 1970	R16	Pat Cramer	6-8 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 1970	R32	Stepan Koudelka	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jul 20, 1970	R64	Fred Mcnair	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data