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A. Ashe#22 def. Bob Lutz

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 1978*
Tournament	Colombus
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Bob Lutz

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	Bob Lutz
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Aug 29, 1947
Age	35	30
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,912	1,876
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 17 – 6 Bob Lutz

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1978	SF	E. Teltscher	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1978	QF	P. Fleming	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1978	R16	E. Iskersky	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1978	R32	L. Gottfried	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Bob Lutz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 12, 1978	SF	B. Gottfried	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 12, 1978	QF	I. Molina	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 11, 1978	R16	T. Garcia	6-4 5-7 6-1	W	—	Match data
Aug 10, 1978	R32	C. Dibley	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data