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Arthur Ashe #9 def. Vitas Gerulaitis #145

7-6 7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1974*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6 7-5 6-2
Loser	Vitas Gerulaitis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Vitas Gerulaitis
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 26, 1954
Age	31	20
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	145
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,929	1,667
Career W-L	800–258	527–231
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$2,778,748

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 1 – 0 Vitas Gerulaitis

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Trey Waltke	6-3 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	Geoff Masters	2-6 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	John Feaver	3-6 6-3 7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data