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John Marks #66 def. Arthur Ashe #13

6-4 6-2 2-6 1-6 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Marks
Score	6-4 6-2 2-6 1-6 9-7
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Marks	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Dec 9, 1952	Jul 10, 1943
Age	26	35
Height	—	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	66	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,586	1,993
Career W-L	30–81	800–258
Career earnings	—	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

John Marks 0 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

John Marks's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	John Alexander	6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	John Sadri	6-2 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	Phil Dent	6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Jose Luis Clerc	6-7 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

John Marks's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1979	F	Guillermo Vilas	4-6 4-6 6-3 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1979	QF	Peter Feigl	4-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	Kim Warwick	2-6 6-2 7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1979	R32	Raymond Moore	6-4 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Bruce Kleege	6-3 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data