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J. Kodes#8 def. P. Gerken#50

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1974*
Tournament	Palm Desert Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	P. Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Kodes	P. Gerken
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	Mar 15, 1950
Age	28	24
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	50
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,679
Career W-L	465–274	124–129
Career earnings	$693,197	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 1 – 0 P. Gerken

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R32	V. Zednik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1974	QF	A. Ashe	6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

P. Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R32	G. Stilwell	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data