Stan Smith def. Arthur Ashe

10-8 6-2

Stan Smith defeated Arthur Ashe 10-8 6-2 in the 1970 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 1, 1970*
Tournament: U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship
Edition: 1970
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	23	27
Height	—	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,966	2,026
Career W-L	—	800–258
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 4 – 4 Arthur Ashe

Path

Stan Smith's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jaime Fillol	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data	Aug 1, 1970	QF
Brian Fairlie	2-6 6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jul 31, 1970	R16
Ray Keldie	6-4 3-6 6-0	W	—	Match data	Jul 30, 1970	R32
Milan Holecek	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	—	Match data	Jul 29, 1970	R64

Stan Smith's next match

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Richey	2-6 8-10 6-3 1-6	L	—	Match data	Aug 2, 1970	F

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Allan Stone	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 1970	QF
Jean Loup Rouyer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1970	R16
Terry Addison	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 1970	R32
Tom Leonard	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 1970	R64