SF St. Petersburg 1969

Zeljko Franulovic def. Arthur Ashe

3-6 6-1 6-1

Zeljko Franulovic defeated Arthur Ashe 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1969 St. Petersburg semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 22, 1969*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 1969
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Zeljko Franulovic	Arthur Ashe
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Jun 13, 1947	Jul 10, 1943
Age	21	25
Height	—	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,591	1,904
Current career W-L	410–307	792–256
Current career earnings	$6,000	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Zeljko Franulovic 0 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Zeljko Franulovic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hans Joachim Ploetz	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1969	QF
Tom Edlefsen	11-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1969	R16
Michael Hickey	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data	Mar 20, 1969	R32
Jay Kimball	(w/o)	W	—	Match data	Mar 19, 1969	R64

Zeljko Franulovic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jaime Fillol	6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1969	F

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ray Ruffels	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1969	QF
Peter Curtis	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 21, 1969	R16
Ove Bengtson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 20, 1969	R32