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J. Newcombe#2 def. Stan Smith#7

6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 13, 1974*
Tournament	Dallas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-1 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	Stan Smith
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 14, 1946
Age	29	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	2,147	2,021
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 6 – 4 Stan Smith

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1974	QF	T. Okker	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 1974	F	B. Borg	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1974	QF	R. Laver	6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data