Cliff Richey def. Arthur Ashe

7-5 6-2 6-1

Cliff Richey defeated Arthur Ashe 7-5 6-2 6-1 in the 1970 Washington Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 24, 1970*
Tournament: Washington Open
Edition: 1970
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	23	27
Height	175 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,983	2,049
Current career W-L	485–222	792–256
Current career earnings	$7,500	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 3 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ilie Nastase	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1970	SF
Georges Goven	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1970	QF
Mike Estep	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 1970	R16
Barry Mackay	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1970	R32
Bob Mckinley	6-1 6-3	W	—	Match data	Jul 20, 1970	R64

Cliff Richey's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ion Tiriac	6-1 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1970	SF
Dick Crealy	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 1970	QF
Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 1970	R16
Onny Parun	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 1970	R32
Ian Crookenden	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 1970	R64