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Arthur Ashe def. Nikola Pilic

6-7(10) 7-5 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1971*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-7(10) 7-5 (ret.)
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Nikola Pilic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 27, 1939
Age	27	31
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,107	1,896
Career W-L	800–258	301–248
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 2 – 0 Nikola Pilic

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Charlie Pasarell	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	QF	Dennis Ralston	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Torben Ulrich	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data