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John Newcombe def. Arthur Ashe

4-6 7-6 6-2

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Arthur 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

John Newcombe 3 – 1 Arthur Ashe

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	SF	Ken Rosewall	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	QF	Andres Gimeno	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1971	R16	Fred Stolle	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1971	R32	Nikola Pilic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	SF	Tom Okker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1971	QF	Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 2, 1971	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1971	R32	Roy Barth	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data