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Arthur Ashe #7 def. Tony Roche #12

5-7 6-4 7-5 8-9 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1975*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	5-7 6-4 7-5 8-9 6-4
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Tony Roche
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	May 17, 1945
Age	31	30
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	12
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,173	2,083
Career W-L	800–258	360–191
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 3 – 3 Tony Roche

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1975	QF	Bjorn Borg	2-6 6-4 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1975	R16	Graham Stilwell	6-2 5-7 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1975	R32	Brian Gottfried	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1975	R64	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1975	R128	Bob Hewitt	7-5 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1975	F	Jimmy Connors	6-1 6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1975	QF	Tom Okker	2-6 9-8 2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1975	R16	Ken Rosewall	6-3 6-8 8-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1975	R32	Ross Case	6-2 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1975	R64	Julian Ganzabal	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1975	R128	Jiri Hrebec	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data