R16 Houston Wct 1972

Nikola Pilic def. Arthur Ashe

6-3 6-4

Nikola Pilic defeated Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-4 in the 1972 Houston Wct round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 13, 1972*
Tournament: Houston Wct
Edition: 1972
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Nikola Pilic	Arthur Ashe
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Aug 27, 1939	Jul 10, 1943
Age	32	28
Height	191 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,840	2,028
Current career W-L	301–249	792–256
Current career earnings	—	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Nikola Pilic 1 – 6 Arthur Ashe

Path

Nikola Pilic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Owen Davidson	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 1972	R32

Nikola Pilic's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ken Rosewall	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 14, 1972	QF

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data	Apr 12, 1972	R32