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Stan Smith def. Arthur Ashe

6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 1969*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	22	26
Height	—	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,896
Career W-L	—	800–258
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 3 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1969	QF	Gene Scott	8-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 1, 1969	R16	Tom Edlefsen	6-3 10-8	W	—	Match data
Jul 31, 1969	R32	Dan Bleckinger	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1969	F	Clark Graebner	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1969	QF	Jim Osborne	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1969	R16	Georges Goven	6-2 12-10	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1969	R32	Richard Russell	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 1969	R64	Jim Rombeau	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data