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Cliff Richey def. Arthur Ashe

7-5 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 24, 1970*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	7-5 6-2 6-1
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	Jul 10, 1943
Age	23	27
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,985	2,053
Career W-L	488–224	800–258
Career earnings	$7,500	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 3 – 3 Arthur Ashe

Path

Cliff Richey's path

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

Cliff Richey's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

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