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Ken Rosewall #15 def. Arthur Ashe #235

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 3, 1978*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	Jul 10, 1943
Age	43	34
Height	170	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	15	235
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,981	1,917
Career W-L	541–195	800–258
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 12 – 7 Arthur Ashe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	John Alexander	3-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 1978	QF	Vitas Gerulaitis	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 1978	R32	Ilie Nastase	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data