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Stan Smith def. Tom Gorman

6-3 8-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 1971*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-3 8-6 6-2
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	24	25
Height	—	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,133	1,956
Career W-L	—	418–293
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 5 – 1 Tom Gorman

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1971	QF	Onny Parun	8-6 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	Roy Emerson	2-6 6-1 6-3 9-7	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	John Paish	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1971	F	John Newcombe	3-6 7-5 6-2 4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data

Tom Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1971	QF	Rod Laver	9-7 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	Ross Case	6-3 8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1971	R32	Ion Tiriac	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	Ezio Di Matteo	2-6 6-2 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	Cliff Drysdale	2-6 6-8 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data