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Cliff Richey def. Arthur Ashe

9-11 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 1969*
Tournament	Berkeley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	9-11 6-4 6-4
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	22	26
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,941	1,953
Career W-L	488–224	800–258
Career earnings	$7,500	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 0 – 1 Arthur Ashe

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1969	QF	Jeff Borowiak	13-11 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1969	R16	Gerald Battrick	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1969	R32	Ron Bohrnstedt	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 1969	F	Stan Smith	2-6 2-6	L	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 1969	QF	Jaime Fillol	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 1969	R16	Richard Russell	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 1969	R32	Mike Machette	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 1969	BR	Thomaz Koch	8-6	W	H2H	Match data