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Arthur Ashe def. Pierre Barthes

6-4 3-6 8-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 17, 1968*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-4 3-6 8-6
Loser	Pierre Barthes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	Pierre Barthes
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Sep 13, 1941
Age	25	27
Height	185	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,973	1,530
Career W-L	800–258	185–190
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$8,040

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 0 – 0 Pierre Barthes

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Dick Leach	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Nikola Pilic	12-14 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Pierre Barthes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	John Yeomans	2-6 7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data