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Rod Laver def. Arthur Ashe

8-6 6-3 14-12

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	8-6 6-3 14-12
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 10, 1943
Age	31	26
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,253	1,950
Career W-L	576–147	800–258
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	Roy Emerson	4-6 8-6 13-11 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	Dennis Ralston	6-4 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Jaime Fillol	8-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-4 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Luis Garcia	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1969	F	Tony Roche	7-9 6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	Ken Rosewall	8-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	Manuel Santana	7-5 6-1 6-8 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Jim Osborne	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	Dick Crealy	6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Dick Stockton	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data