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Arthur Ashe #26 def. Christophe Roger-Vasselin #93

7-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 25, 1978*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	7-6 6-2
Loser	Christophe Roger-Vasselin

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 8, 1957
Age	34	20
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	26	93
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,947	1,634
Career W-L	800–258	90–128
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$8,937

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Christophe Roger-Vasselin

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Vincenzo Franchitti	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1978	R16	Harold Solomon	4-6 6-3 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christophe Roger-Vasselin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1978	R64	Massimo Di Domenico	6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data