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Arthur Ashe def. Nikola Pilic

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1972*
Tournament	Miami Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6 7-5
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Nikola Pilic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 27, 1939
Age	28	32
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,040	1,842
Career W-L	800–258	301–248
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 5 – 1 Nikola Pilic

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1972	R32	Owen Davidson	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1972	QF	Charlie Pasarell	7-6 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1972	R32	Phil Dent	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data