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Arthur Ashe def. Cliff Richey

6-4 6-3 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1970*
Tournament	San Juan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 6-3 1-6 6-3
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Cliff Richey
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 31, 1946
Age	26	23
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,976	1,990
Career W-L	800–258	488–224
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 2 – 3 Cliff Richey

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1970	SF	Clark Graebner	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1970	QF	Luis Ayala	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1970	R16	Juan Gisbert	6-2 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1970	R32	Lance Lumsden	6-0 6-0	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1970	SF	Jim Mcmanus	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1970	QF	Zeljko Franulovic	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1970	R16	Jan Kodes	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1970	R32	Bernard Paul	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data