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Jan Kodes #11 def. Nikola Pilic #16

6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	Jan Kodes
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1 3-6 7-5
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Kodes	Nikola Pilic
Country	CZE	CRO
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	Aug 27, 1939
Age	27	34
Height	175	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	16
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,073	1,936
Career W-L	465–274	301–248
Career earnings	$693,197	—

Pre-match H2H

Jan Kodes 0 – 2 Nikola Pilic

Path

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	John 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	Jim Mcmanus	7-5 6-3 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Wanaro N'Godrella	6-7 6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1973	SF	Stan Smith	7-5 6-7 6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	Bjorn Borg	6-4 5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Phil Dent	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Anand Amritraj	7-5 5-7 7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Jeff Austin	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data