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Ken Rosewall def. Arthur Ashe

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 2, 1971*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	7-5 6-4
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	36	28
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,167	2,007
Career W-L	541–195	800–258
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 5 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

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

Ken Rosewall's next match

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

Arthur Ashe's path

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