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J. Kodes #11 def. Stan Smith #3

7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Kodes
Score	7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5
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	27	26
Height	175	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	3
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	2,088	2,150
Career W-L	465–274	—
Career earnings	$693,197	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

J. Kodes 5 – 6 Stan Smith

Path

J. Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	N. Pilic	6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	J. Alexander	7-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-5 7-6	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	J. McManus	7-5 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	W. N'Godrella	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1973	F	J. Newcombe	4-6 6-1 6-4 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	O. Parun	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	T. Gorman	3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	R. Tanner	6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	B. Martin	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	P. Proisy	6-4 5-0 (ret.)	W	—	Match data