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Arthur Ashe #5 def. Roger Taylor #27

7-6(6) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1974*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6(6) 6-4
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Roger Taylor
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Oct 14, 1941
Age	30	32
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,837
Career W-L	800–258	369–296
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 9 – 3 Roger Taylor

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Adriano Panatta	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	Onny Parun	6-2 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Jun Kamiwazumi	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data