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I. Nastase def. J. Kodes

3-6 6-7 7-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1972*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	3-6 6-7 7-6 7-6 6-3
Loser	J. Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	J. Kodes
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Mar 1, 1946
Age	25	26
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,052	2,001
Career W-L	859–331	465–274
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 6 – 1 J. Kodes

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1972	QF	S. Baranyi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R16	O. Parun	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1972	R32	T. Ulrich	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 1972	F	F. Pala	6-0 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1972	QF	A. Gimeno	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1972	R16	B. Borg	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1972	R32	Lew Hoad	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data
Apr 18, 1972	R64	O. Bengtson	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data