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A. Ashe def. J. Osborne

6-1 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1971*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-1 6-2 7-6
Loser	J. Osborne

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	J. Osborne
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Feb 1, 1945
Age	28	26
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,984	1,723
Career W-L	800–258	118–121
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 6 – 1 J. Osborne

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1971	R16	J. Alexander	6-4 6-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1971	R32	M. Cox	7-5 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1971	R64	S. Krulevitz	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1971	R128	Dick Knight	6-3 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1971	SF	J. Kodes	6-7 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Osborne's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1971	R16	M. Orantes	2-6 6-2 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1971	R32	C. Richey	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1971	R64	T. Koch	6-3 1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1971	R128	Sammy Giammalva	4-6 7-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data