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J. Kodes def. Stan Smith

6-4 2-6 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 22, 1972*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-2
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Kodes	Stan Smith
Country	CZE	USA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	Dec 14, 1946
Age	26	25
Height	175	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,985	2,091
Career W-L	465–274	—
Career earnings	$693,197	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 4 – 3 Stan Smith

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1972	QF	D. Crealy	6-2 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1972	R16	P. Dominguez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	G. Varga	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1972	R64	R. Machan	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1972	F	I. Nastase	0-6 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1972	R16	G. Goven	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	J. Rouyer	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data