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Arthur Ashe #6 def. Bjorn Borg #16

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1974*
Tournament	Barcelona Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Bjorn Borg

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Bjorn Borg
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jun 6, 1956
Age	30	17
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	16
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,054	1,960
Career W-L	800–258	608–143
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$3,655,751

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 2 Bjorn Borg

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	Eddie Dibbs	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Roger Taylor	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Harold Solomon	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Colin Dibley	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	Vladimir Zednik	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Adriano Panatta	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Rod Laver	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Graham Stilwell	6-7(7) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data