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J. Newcombe def. A. Ashe

4-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1971*
Tournament	Chicago Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	4-6 7-6 6-2
Loser	A. Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	A. Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 10, 1943
Age	26	27
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,100	2,109
Career W-L	556–224	800–258
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 3 – 1 A. Ashe

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	SF	K. Rosewall	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	QF	A. Gimeno	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1971	R16	F. Stolle	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1971	R32	N. Pilic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	SF	T. Okker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	QF	R. Ruffels	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1971	R16	B. Carmichael	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1971	R32	R. Barth	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data