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Ken Rosewall def. Arthur Ashe

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 19, 1968*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jul 10, 1943
Age	33	25
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,819	1,991
Career W-L	541–195	800–258
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 0 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Richard Gonzalez	11-9 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Roger Taylor	7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Jim Mcmanus	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Joe Rush	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1968	F	Rod Laver	6-4 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 19, 1968	QF	Roy Emerson	5-7 8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Nikola Pilic	12-14 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 1968	R32	Pierre Barthes	6-4 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Dick Leach	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data