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Arthur Ashe def. Roger Taylor

7-5 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 4, 1972*
Tournament	Denver Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-5 5-7 6-4
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	28	30
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,974
Career W-L	800–258	369–296
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 5 – 2 Roger Taylor

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1972	R32	Tom Leonard	6-7 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 1972	QF	Tom Okker	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 3, 1972	R32	Graham Stilwell	3-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data