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Arthur Ashe #14 def. Marty Riessen #54

6-1 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-1 4-6 6-4
Loser	Marty Riessen

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Marty Riessen
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 4, 1941
Age	35	37
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	54
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,997	1,837
Career W-L	800–258	533–316
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$465

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 19 – 6 Marty Riessen

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Bernie Mitton	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's path

No prior matches in this tournament.