Ashe tops earnings
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NEW YORK. Arthur Ashe of the United States, winner of the W.C.T. world championship final and Wimbledon title this year, easily tops the prize-winners’ table, released by the Association of Tennis Professional Players. Ashe is credited with $222,500, almost $90,000 clear of hie fellow American Jimmy Connors.
Tlie table does not include earnings from challenge matches such as those between Connors and Rod Laver and Connors and John Newcombe, or winnings from W.T.T. team championship matches.
The table (before the United States open championship at Forest Hills):— Ashe $222,500, 1: Connors, $135,337, 2; Bjorn Borg (Sweden), $133,691, 3: Raul Ramirez (Mexico!, $131,500, 4; John Alexander (Australia). $131,200, 5; Rod Laver (Australia), $118,281, 6; Manuel Orantes (Spain), $105,650, 7; Roscoe Tanner (United States), $103,984, 8: Guillermo Vila (Argentine). $95,075, 9; Brian Gottfried (United States), $90,150, 10.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33942, 8 September 1975, Page 15
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