Ken Rosewall def. Arthur Ashe

7-5 6-4

Ken Rosewall defeated Arthur Ashe 7-5 6-4 in the 1971 Berkeley semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 2, 1971*
Tournament: Berkeley
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jul 10, 1943
Age	36	28
Height	170 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,174	2,011
Current career W-L	535–193	792–256
Current career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 5 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marty Riessen	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1971	QF
Andres Gimeno	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 1971	R16
Tom Brown	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 30, 1971	R32
Tom Edlefsen	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 1971	R64

Ken Rosewall's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rod Laver	4-6 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 1971	F

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cliff Drysdale	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1971	QF
Jaime Fillol	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 1, 1971	R16
Andrew Pattison	7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data	Sep 30, 1971	R32
Vladimir Zednik	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 1971	R64