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A. Ashe#16 def. O. Bengtson#91

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1978*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	O. Bengtson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	O. Bengtson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Apr 5, 1945
Age	35	33
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	16	91
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,946	1,668
Career W-L	800–258	134–169
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 4 – 0 O. Bengtson

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1978	R64	D. Joubert	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1978	R16	T. Moor	2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

O. Bengtson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.