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Jimmy Connors def. Stan Smith

3-6 6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 1971*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jimmy Connors
Score	3-6 6-3 7-6
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jimmy Connors	Stan Smith
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Dec 14, 1946
Age	19	24
Height	177	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,746	2,157
Career W-L	1,262–294	—
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

Jimmy Connors 0 – 1 Stan Smith

Path

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1971	QF	Bob Carmichael	6-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1971	R16	Clark Graebner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1971	R32	Ray Ruffels	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1971	R64	Allan Stone	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 1971	F	Richard Gonzalez	3-6 6-3 6-3	L	—	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1971	R32	Onny Parun	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 22, 1971	R64	Ross Case	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data