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R. Taylor def. Stan Smith

8-6 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 19, 1970*
Tournament	Salisbury
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	R. Taylor
Score	8-6 2-6 6-3
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Taylor	Stan Smith
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Dec 14, 1946
Age	28	23
Height	183	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,901	1,986
Career W-L	369–296	—
Career earnings	—	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

R. Taylor 1 – 0 Stan Smith

Path

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	T. Koch	13-11 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 1970	QF	I. Tiriac	11-9 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 1970	R32	Z. Franulovic	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data