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J. Kodes def. T. Roche

6-4 5-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1971*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	6-4 5-7 7-6
Loser	T. Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Kodes	T. Roche
Country	CZE	AUS
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	May 17, 1945
Age	25	25
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,952
Career W-L	465–274	360–191
Career earnings	$693,197	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 0 – 0 T. Roche

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1971	R32	F. Stolle	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1971	QF	J. Newcombe	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1971	R32	Massimo Di Domenico	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data