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Arthur Ashe def. Mark Cox

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 4, 1972*
Tournament	Louisville Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Mark Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Mark Cox
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 5, 1943
Age	29	29
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,048	1,890
Career W-L	800–258	408–274
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 3 – 1 Mark Cox

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	SF	John Newcombe	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	QF	Tony Roche	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1972	R16	Charlie Pasarell	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1972	R32	Roy Emerson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mark Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	SF	Cliff Drysdale	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1972	QF	Nikola Pilic	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1972	R16	Cliff Richey	6-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 1972	R32	Ray Ruffels	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data