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A. Ashe#18 def. M. Riessen#80

6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 24, 1978*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	M. Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	M. Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 4, 1941
Age	35	36
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	80
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,929	1,795
Career W-L	800–258	533–316
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$465

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 18 – 6 M. Riessen

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1978	R64	E. Iskersky	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 1978	R16	S. Krulevitz	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

M. Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 23, 1978	R64	Jonathan Smith	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data