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R. Laver def. A. Ashe

6-0 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 24, 1970*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-0 6-3
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	A. Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 10, 1943
Age	32	27
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,190	2,027
Career W-L	576–147	800–258
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 3 – 0 A. Ashe

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	Stan Smith	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	N. Pilic	7-5 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	Alan Fox	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	Dick Knight	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1970	F	J. Newcombe	4-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	C. Graebner	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	J. Kodes	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	P. Segura	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data