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Paul Gerken def. Arthur Ashe

6-2 3-0 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 24, 1968*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Paul Gerken
Score	6-2 3-0 (ret.)
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul Gerken	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Mar 15, 1950	Jul 10, 1943
Age	18	25
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,530	1,982
Career W-L	124–129	800–258
Career earnings	—	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Paul Gerken 0 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1968	R128	Gil Howard	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

Paul Gerken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1968	R32	John Yeomans	7-9 3-6	L	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1968	R128	Bill Williams	(w/o)	W	—	Match data