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Ion Tiriac #173 def. Arthur Ashe #20

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 28, 1977*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Ion Tiriac
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ion Tiriac	Arthur Ashe
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	May 9, 1939	Jul 10, 1943
Age	38	34
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	173	20
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,605	1,928
Career W-L	228–190	800–258
Career earnings	—	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ion Tiriac 1 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1977	R64	Chris Ellis	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ion Tiriac's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 1977	R16	Andrew Pattison	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1977	R64	Sashi Menon	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data