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Jan 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	Jan 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	Jan 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

Jan Kodes 4 – 3 Stan Smith

Path

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1972	QF	Dick Crealy	6-2 1-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1972	R16	Patrice Dominguez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	Geza Varga	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1972	R64	Robert Machan	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 1972	F	Ilie 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	Georges Goven	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R32	Jean Loup Rouyer	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data