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K. Rosewall def. A. Ashe

6-1 7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 1971*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	6-1 7-5 6-3
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	A. Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jul 10, 1943
Age	36	27
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,061	2,094
Career W-L	541–195	800–258
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 3 – 2 A. Ashe

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1971	SF	T. Okker	6-2 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 1971	QF	R. Emerson	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1971	R16	Ismail El Shafei	6-0 6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data
Mar 13, 1971	R32	B. Carmichael	7-5 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 1971	SF	Bob Lutz	6-4 6-4 7-6	W	—	Match data
Mar 18, 1971	QF	C. Drysdale	7-6 7-6 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 1971	R16	F. Stolle	5-7 6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1971	R32	R. Ruffels	6-4 6-1 6-7 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data