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Arthur Ashe def. Roscoe Tanner

7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 2, 1973*
Tournament	Chicago Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6 6-2
Loser	Roscoe Tanner

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Roscoe Tanner
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Oct 15, 1951
Age	29	21
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,890
Career W-L	800–258	595–298
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,696,198

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 2 – 0 Roscoe Tanner

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1973	R32	Bill Lloyd	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1973	QF	Marty Riessen	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roscoe Tanner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1973	R32	Erik Van Dillen	(def.)	W	—	Match data