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A. Ashe #10 def. T. Roche

6-4 7-6(4) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1974*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-4 7-6(4) 6-1
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	T. Roche
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	May 17, 1945
Age	30	28
Height	185	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,006	1,877
Career W-L	800–258	360–191
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 2 – 2 T. Roche

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	A. 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	B. Gottfried	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	P. Proisy	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1974	R128	J. Chanfreau	6-1 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1974	F	R. Laver	1-6 4-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	M. Cox	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1974	R16	O. Bengtson	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1974	R32	B. Borg	7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	I. Tiriac	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data