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Jan Kodes def. Ilie Nastase

9-7 6-4 6-1

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Kodes	Ilie 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

Jan Kodes 2 – 8 Ilie Nastase

Path

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1972	QF	Andres Gimeno	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1972	R16	Jaime Fillol	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1972	R32	Francois Jauffret	10-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1972	R64	Nicola Spear	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's next match

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

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 1972	QF	Tom Gorman	6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 1972	R16	Harald Elschenbroich	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1972	R32	Juan Ignacio Muntanola	6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data