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Arthur Ashe #9 def. Francisco Gonzalez #54

3-6 6-2 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 1979*
Tournament	Washington Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	3-6 6-2 7-6
Loser	Francisco Gonzalez

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Francisco Gonzalez
Country	USA	PAR
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 19, 1955
Age	35	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	54
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,119	1,655
Career W-L	800–258	105–157
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$482,348

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Francisco Gonzalez

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1979	R32	Bob Lutz	6-4 0-6 7-5	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 1979	QF	Jeff Borowiak	6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Francisco Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 1979	R32	Geoff Masters	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data