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Rod Laver def. Jan Kodes

7-5 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date May 10, 1971*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundF
Winner Rod Laver
Score7-5 6-3 6-3
Loser Jan Kodes

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverJan Kodes
Country AUS CZE
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Mar 1, 1946
Age3225
Height175175
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)——
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,2341,924
Career W-L576–147465–274
Career earnings$1,565,413$693,197
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 1 – 0 Jan Kodes

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Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1971SF Arthur Ashe 6-3 6-2 6-1WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1971QF Stan Smith 6-1 2-6 6-2W—Match data
May 8, 1971R16 Ezio Di Matteo 6-4 6-1W—Match data
May 6, 1971R32 Tom Gorman 6-1 3-6 6-2WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jan Kodes's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 9, 1971SF Tom Okker 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 9, 1971QF John Newcombe 2-6 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data
May 8, 1971R16 Tony Roche 6-4 5-7 7-6WH2HMatch data
May 6, 1971R32 Fred Stolle 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data