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Rod Laver #8 def. Arthur Ashe #10

6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 1974*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 10, 1943
Age	35	30
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	10
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,118	2,021
Career W-L	576–147	800–258
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 14 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	SF	Jan Kodes	6-4 1-6 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	Tom Okker	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1974	R16	Ross Case	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1974	R32	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	Jeff Borowiak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1974	R128	Tito Vazquez	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver'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
Jan 26, 1974	SF	Tony Roche	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	Adriano Panatta	6-1 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1974	R16	Alex Metreveli	6-2 7-6(3)	W	—	Match data
Jan 24, 1974	R32	Brian Gottfried	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	Patrick Proisy	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1974	R128	Jean Baptiste Chanfreau	6-1 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data