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J. Kodes def. I. Nastase

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

Match Information

Date	Apr 30, 1972*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-3
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	25
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,016	2,110
Career W-L	465–274	859–331
Career earnings	$693,197	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 1 – 8 I. Nastase

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1972	QF	P. Bertolucci	4-6 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1972	R16	Juan Gisbert	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 27, 1972	R32	J. Kukal	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1972	R64	J. Hrebec	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 1972	F	M. Orantes	6-4 1-6 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 1972	QF	Andrew Pattison	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 29, 1972	R16	C. Barazzutti	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1972	R32	E. Castigliano	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1972	R64	N. Kalogeropoulos	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data