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Arthur Ashe #6 def. Ove Bengtson #47

2-6 6-1 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1974*
Tournament	Palm Desert Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	2-6 6-1 7-6
Loser	Ove Bengtson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Ove Bengtson
Country	USA	SWE
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Apr 5, 1945
Age	30	28
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	47
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,080	1,752
Career W-L	800–258	134–169
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 2 – 0 Ove Bengtson

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R32	Onny Parun	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1974	QF	Jan Kodes	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ove Bengtson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R32	Raymond Moore	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data