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Arthur Ashe def. Dennis Ralston

6-3 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 1970*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-3 7-6 6-3
Loser	Dennis Ralston

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Dennis Ralston
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 27, 1942
Age	27	28
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,036	1,908
Career W-L	800–258	157–136
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 0 Dennis Ralston

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1970	QF	Thomaz Koch	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1970	R16	Ray Ruffels	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1970	R32	Haroon Rahim	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1970	R64	Stanley Pasarell	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1970	F	Cliff Richey	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Ralston's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1970	QF	Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1970	R16	Tom Gorman	7-6 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 1970	R32	Frank Froehling	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 1970	R64	Ken Stuart	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data