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Arthur Ashe def. Roscoe Tanner

6-7 7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 6, 1973*
Tournament	Houston Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-7 7-6 7-5
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Oct 15, 1951
Age	29	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,055	1,888
Career W-L	800–258	595–298
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 3 – 0 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1973	R32	Graham Stilwell	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 1973	QF	Ken Rosewall	1-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1973	R32	Pierre Barthes	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data