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Arthur Ashe def. Cliff Richey

6-1 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1972*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-1 6-4 7-6
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	29	25
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,105	2,061
Career W-L	800–258	488–224
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 7 – 5 Cliff Richey

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1972	QF	Stan Smith	7-6 6-4 7-5	W	—	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 13, 1972	F	Ilie Nastase	6-3 3-6 7-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1972	QF	Frew Mcmillan	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1972	R16	Rod Laver	3-6 7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1972	R32	Paul Gerken	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1972	R64	Alejandro Olmedo	6-2 6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 1972	R128	Brian Gottfried	6-2 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data