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Balazs Taroczy #48 def. Arthur Ashe #4

5-7 2-6 6-2 6-0 6-4

Match Information

Date Jun 9, 1976*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner Balazs Taroczy
Score5-7 2-6 6-2 6-0 6-4
Loser Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldBalazs TaroczyArthur Ashe
Country HUN USA
Birth dateMay 9, 1954Jul 10, 1943
Age2232
Height183185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)484
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,8692,171
Career W-L381–228800–258
Career earnings$1,437,443$1,584,909
Pre-match H2H
Balazs Taroczy 0 1 Arthur Ashe

Path

Balazs Taroczy's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 6, 1976R32 Jan Kodes 6-4 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jun 4, 1976R64 Billy Martin 6-2 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jun 2, 1976R128 Colin Dowdeswell 6-2 2-6 7-5 6-2WH2HMatch data

Balazs Taroczy's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 11, 1976QF Raul Ramirez 6-4 6-7(7) 6-2 1-6 5-7LH2HMatch data

Arthur Ashe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 6, 1976R32 Jurgen Fassbender 6-1 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 4, 1976R64 Raymond Moore 6-4 6-4 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jun 2, 1976R128 Grover Raz Reid 7-6 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data