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Arthur Ashe#4 def. Stan Smith#20

5-7 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 22, 1976*
Tournament	Rome Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Dec 14, 1946
Age	32	29
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,193	1,864
Career W-L	800–258	—
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 9 – 9 Stan Smith

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1976	R16	Wojtek Fibak	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 1976	SF	Adriano Panatta	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 1976	R16	Karl Meiler	(def.)	W	—	Match data