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Rod Laver #8 def. Jan Kodes #9

6-4 1-6 6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1974*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 1-6 6-4 6-0
Loser	Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	Jan Kodes
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Mar 1, 1946
Age	35	27
Height	175	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	9
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,104	1,957
Career W-L	576–147	465–274
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 1 Jan Kodes

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	Tom Okker	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1974	R16	Ross Case	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1974	R32	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	Jeff Borowiak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1974	R128	Tito Vazquez	6-4 3-6 6-2	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1974	F	Arthur Ashe	6-1 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1974	QF	Eddie Dibbs	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1974	R16	Paul Gerken	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1974	R32	Dick Stockton	4-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 1974	R64	Raymond Moore	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data