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Rod Laver def. Arthur Ashe

2-6 6-2 9-7 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1969*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	2-6 6-2 9-7 6-0
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 10, 1943
Age	30	25
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,133	1,895
Career W-L	576–147	800–258
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 1 – 0 Arthur Ashe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Jan Leschly	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Premjit Lall	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1969	F	John Newcombe	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Bob Lutz	6-4 6-2 4-6 7-5	W	—	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Richard Gonzalez	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Graham Stilwell	6-2 1-6 6-2 13-15 12-10	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Terry Ryan	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Marty Riessen	1-6 11-9 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data