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Nikola Pilic def. Arthur Ashe

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 1972*
Tournament	Houston Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Nikola Pilic
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikola Pilic	Arthur Ashe
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Aug 27, 1939	Jul 10, 1943
Age	32	28
Height	191	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,834	2,026
Career W-L	301–248	800–258
Career earnings	—	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Nikola Pilic 1 – 6 Arthur Ashe

Path

Nikola Pilic's path

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

Nikola Pilic's next match

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

Arthur Ashe's path

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