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Arthur Ashe def. Stan Smith

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 24, 1971*
Tournament	Charlotte
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 14, 1946
Age	27	24
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,059	2,103
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 6 – 7 Stan Smith

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1971	SF	Cliff Richey	7-6 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1971	QF	Marty Riessen	6-4 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1971	R16	Torben Ulrich	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	R32	Dick Dell	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1971	SF	Tony Roche	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 23, 1971	QF	Zeljko Franulovic	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data
Apr 22, 1971	R16	Frank Froehling	7-6 6-1	W	—	Match data