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J. Kodes def. I. Nastase

9-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 1972*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	9-7 6-4 6-1
Loser	I. Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Kodes	I. Nastase
Country	CZE	ROU
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	Jul 19, 1946
Age	26	26
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,906	2,157
Career W-L	465–274	859–331
Career earnings	$693,197	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 2 – 8 I. Nastase

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1972	QF	A. Gimeno	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1972	R16	J. Fillol	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1972	R32	F. Jauffret	10-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1972	R64	N. Spear	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 1972	F	M. Orantes	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1972	QF	T. Gorman	6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1972	R16	H. Elschenbroich	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1972	R32	J. Muntanola	6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data