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Arthur Ashe def. Roger Taylor

3-6 7-6(9) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Mar 4, 1973*
Tournament	Chicago Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	3-6 7-6(9) 7-6(2)
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Roger Taylor
Country	USA	GBR
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Oct 14, 1941
Age	29	31
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,980
Career W-L	800–258	369–296
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 6 – 2 Roger Taylor

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1973	SF	Tom Gorman	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1973	QF	Marty Riessen	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1973	R16	Roscoe Tanner	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 1973	R32	Bill Lloyd	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1973	SF	Dick Crealy	6-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 3, 1973	QF	Tom Okker	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 2, 1973	R16	Boro Jovanovic	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 1, 1973	R32	Premjit Lall	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data