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Bjorn Borg #16 def. Arthur Ashe #6

6-2 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 23, 1974*
Tournament	Sao Paulo Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Arthur Ashe
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 10, 1943
Age	17	30
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,971	2,081
Career W-L	608–143	800–258
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 2 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1974	SF	Thomaz Koch	3-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1974	QF	Ion Tiriac	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1974	R16	J. Mandarino	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1974	R32	Graham Stilwell	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1974	SF	Antonio Zugarelli	6-7 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 1974	QF	Harold Solomon	6-1 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1974	R16	Roscoe Tanner	5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1974	R32	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data