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Rod Laver def. Stan Smith

6-4 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date Jun 6, 1969*
Tournament Roland Garros
Category Grand Slam
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-4 6-2 6-4
Loser Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverStan Smith
Country AUS USA
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Dec 14, 1946
Age3022
Height175
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0601,881
Career W-L576–147
Career earnings$1,565,413$1,774,811
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 1 0 Stan Smith

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 3, 1969R32 Pietro Marzano 6-1 6-0 8-6WH2HMatch data
Jun 1, 1969R64 Dick Crealy 3-6 7-9 6-2 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 30, 1969R128 Koji Watanabe 6-1 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 8, 1969QF Andres Gimeno 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 3, 1969R32 Premjit Lall 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-0WMatch data
Jun 1, 1969R64 Patrick Hombergen 6-3 6-1 6-2WMatch data