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Arthur Ashe def. Cliff Richey

4-6 6-3 3-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 15, 1968*
Tournament	Bristol
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	4-6 6-3 3-2 (ret.)
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Cliff Richey
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 31, 1946
Age	24	21
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,747	1,716
Career W-L	800–258	488–224
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Cliff Richey

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1968	QF	Jim Osborne	14-12 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1968	R16	Herb Fitzgibbon	11-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1968	R32	Alfredo Acuna	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 16, 1968	F	Clark Graebner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 15, 1968	QF	Nicola Spear	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 14, 1968	R16	David Lloyd	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 13, 1968	R32	Colin Dibley	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 1968	R64	Ian Fletcher	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data