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Arthur Ashe #9 def. Stan Smith #25

6-4 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 1979*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 14, 1946
Age	35	32
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	25
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,081	1,943
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 13 – 11 Stan Smith

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1979	R32	Nick Saviano	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 1979	QF	Buster C Mottram	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1979	R32	Hank Pfister	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data