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Arthur Ashe #9 def. Chris Lewis #32

3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 1, 1979*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Chris Lewis

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Chris Lewis
Country	USA	NZL
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Mar 9, 1957
Age	35	22
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	9	32
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,785
Career W-L	800–258	221–196
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$28,181

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Chris Lewis

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	Javier Soler	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1979	R32	Ivan Lendl	7-5 6-7 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Chris Lewis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1979	R128	Ivan Molina	7-6 2-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data