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Stan Smith def. Tom Gorman

6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 1972*
Tournament	Los Angeles Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Tom Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Tom Gorman
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Jan 19, 1946
Age	25	26
Height	—	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,082	1,942
Career W-L	—	418–293
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 9 – 1 Tom Gorman

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1972	QF	Raymond Moore	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	R16	Bob Hewitt	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1972	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-7 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R64	Vijay Amritraj	6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1972	F	Roscoe Tanner	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1972	QF	Bob Carmichael	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	R16	Marty Riessen	7-5 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1972	R32	Dick Stockton	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R64	Rick Fisher	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data