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Stan Smith#17 def. Cliff Drysdale#24

6-7 7-5 6-0

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 1977*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-7 7-5 6-0
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	Cliff Drysdale
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	May 26, 1941
Age	30	35
Height	—	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	24
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,982	1,901
Career W-L	—	402–253
Career earnings	$1,774,811	—

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 6 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1977	R32	Bernie Mitton	4-6 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1977	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-1 6-3	L	—	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1977	R32	Onny Parun	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data