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Rod Laver#9 def. Stan Smith#4

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date Sep 16, 1973*
Tournament World Invitational Classic
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundF
Winner Rod Laver
Score7-6 7-5
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
Age3526
Height175
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)94
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)2,0072,132
Career W-L576–147
Career earnings$1,565,413$1,774,811
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 7 6 Stan Smith

Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 15, 1973SF John Newcombe 6-3 7-5WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Stan Smith's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 15, 1973SF Arthur Ashe 6-4 4-6 6-4WMatch data