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Jimmy Connors #3 def. Arthur Ashe #10

6-4 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Dec 3, 1973*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	6-4 7-6 6-3
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Arthur Ashe
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 10, 1943
Age	21	30
Height	177	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	10
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,156	1,978
Career W-L	1,262–294	800–258
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 1 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1973	SF	Tom Okker	6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1973	QF	Mark Cox	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1973	R16	Bob Carmichael	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 30, 1973	R32	Rauty Krog	6-0 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Jimmy Connors'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
Dec 2, 1973	SF	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 2, 1973	QF	Bob Hewitt	6-3 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1973	R16	Barry Phillips Moore	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data
Nov 30, 1973	R32	Sherwood Stewart	6-1 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data