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Jan Kodes def. Frantisek Pala

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1971*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jan Kodes
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Frantisek Pala

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Kodes	Frantisek Pala
Country	CZE	CZE
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	Mar 28, 1944
Age	25	27
Height	175	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,556
Career W-L	465–274	62–112
Career earnings	$693,197	—

Pre-match H2H

Jan Kodes 0 – 0 Frantisek Pala

Path

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1971	QF	Pierre Barthes	6-1 8-10 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	R16	Szabolcz Baranyi	6-0 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R32	Jose Moreno	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jan Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1971	F	Ilie Nastase	8-10 9-11 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Frantisek Pala's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1971	QF	Ion Tiriac	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1971	R16	Patrick Hombergen	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1971	R32	Jiri Hrebec	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1971	R64	Allan McDonald	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data