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Stan Smith def. Jimmy Connors

4-6 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date Mar 12, 1972*
Tournament Washington
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundF
Winner Stan Smith
Score4-6 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-1
Loser Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldStan SmithJimmy Connors
Country USA USA
Birth dateDec 14, 1946Sep 2, 1952
Age2519
Height—177
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)——
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,1171,931
Career W-L—1,262–294
Career earnings$1,774,811$8,641,040
Pre-match H2H
Stan Smith 1 – 1 Jimmy Connors

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Path

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 11, 1972SF Tom Gorman 7-5 6-4 6-4W—Match data
Mar 11, 1972QF Jim Osborne 6-4 6-2W—Match data
Mar 10, 1972R16 Vladimir Zednik 6-4 6-2W—Match data
Mar 9, 1972R32 Ove Bengtson 6-3 1-6 6-3W—Match data

Stan Smith's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 11, 1972SF Manuel Orantes 4-6 4-6 6-1 7-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 11, 1972QF Pierre Barthes 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Mar 10, 1972R16 Ion Tiriac 5-7 6-0 6-2WH2HMatch data
Mar 9, 1972R32 Tenny Svensson 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data