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Arthur Ashe def. Stan Smith

7-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 14, 1946
Age	29	25
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,081	2,085
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 7 – 7 Stan Smith

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Bob Lutz	5-7 7-5 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Ross Case	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Robert Maud	6-4 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Haroon Rahim	6-3 6-3 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1972	SF	Cliff Richey	6-1 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Andres Gimeno	2-6 7-6 6-4 1-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Allan Stone	6-3 7-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Clark Graebner	6-1 6-4 6-7 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Billy Martin	5-7 6-1 7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data