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A. Ashe def. D. Crealy

6-4 9-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 1970*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	A. Ashe
Score	6-4 9-7 6-2
Loser	D. Crealy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	A. Ashe	D. Crealy
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Sep 18, 1944
Age	26	25
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,000	1,792
Career W-L	800–258	335–317
Career earnings	$1,584,909	—

Pre-match H2H

A. Ashe 1 – 0 D. Crealy

Path

A. Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1970	SF	D. Ralston	6-3 8-10 6-3 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1970	QF	R. Ruffels	6-8 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1970	R16	B. Bowrey	6-3 9-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1970	R32	G. Masters	17-15 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

A. Ashe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

D. Crealy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 1970	SF	R. Taylor	6-4 9-11 6-3 4-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 1970	QF	T. Okker	6-1 3-6 4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 1970	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-4 14-12	W	—	Match data
Jan 25, 1970	R32	A. Gardiner	6-4 10-8 12-10	W	H2H	Match data