Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

A. Ashe#14 def. R. Case#89

7-6 6-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1979*
Tournament	Richmond Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	7-6 6-7 6-2
Loser	R. Case

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	R. Case
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Nov 1, 1951
Age	35	27
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	89
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,074	1,688
Career W-L	800–258	294–276
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 5 – 1 R. Case

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	E. Teltscher	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 1979	QF	B. Gottfried	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

R. Case's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1979	R32	Paul Kronk	6-4 2-6 6-3	W	—	Match data