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Arthur Ashe #37 def. Bernie Mitton #96

6-7 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 1978*
Tournament	San Jose
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-7 6-1 6-2
Loser	Bernie Mitton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Bernie Mitton
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 9, 1954
Age	34	23
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	37	96
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,961	1,778
Career W-L	800–258	206–223
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 0 Bernie Mitton

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	SF	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	QF	Eliot Teltscher	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	R16	Gene Mayer	7-6 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	George Hardie	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bernie Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	SF	John McEnroe	1-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1978	QF	Trey Waltke	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R32	Richard Lewis	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data