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John Newcombe #7 def. Jan Kodes #11

6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 12, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jan Kodes
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 1, 1946
Age	29	27
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	11
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,058	2,117
Career W-L	556–224	465–274
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 2 Jan Kodes

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1973	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	Jimmy Connors	6-4 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	Andrew Pattison	6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Ion Tiriac	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Jim Delaney	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Marcello Lara	6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1973	SF	Stan Smith	7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	John Alexander	7-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-5 7-6	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Jim Mcmanus	7-5 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Wanaro N'Godrella	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data