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A. Ashe def. R. Emerson

7-5 4-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 1972*
Tournament	Montreal Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	7-5 4-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	R. Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	R. Emerson
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 3, 1936
Age	29	35
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,114	1,909
Career W-L	800–258	275–174
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 13 – 0 R. Emerson

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	SF	T. Okker	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	QF	C. Richey	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1972	R16	J. Alexander	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	T. Leonard	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

R. Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	SF	Ismail El Shafei	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	QF	J. Newcombe	6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1972	R16	J. Borowiak	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	R. Ruffels	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data