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Stan Smith def. J. Connors

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 22, 1970*
Tournament	Phoenix
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	J. Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	J. Connors
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Sep 2, 1952
Age	23	18
Height	—	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,880	1,561
Career W-L	—	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 0 – 0 J. Connors

Path

Stan Smith's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 1970	QF	T. Edlefsen	6-2 5-7 7-6	W	—	Match data

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 1970	R32	J. McManus	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data