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Tomas Smid #40 def. Balazs Taroczy #26

7-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 13, 1978*
Tournament	Madrid
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Tomas Smid
Score	7-6 7-5
Loser	Balazs Taroczy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tomas Smid	Balazs Taroczy
Country	CZE	HUN
Birth date	May 20, 1956	May 9, 1954
Age	22	24
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	26
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,836	1,938
Career W-L	497–318	381–228
Career earnings	$3,695,313	$1,437,443

Pre-match H2H

Tomas Smid 0 – 0 Balazs Taroczy

Path

Tomas Smid's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	QF	Adriano Panatta	4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R16	Jose Luis Clerc	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R32	Georges Goven	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1978	R64	Janos Benyik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Smid's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 1978	F	Jose Higueras	7-6 3-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Balazs Taroczy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1978	QF	Jaime Fillol	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1978	R16	Ivan Molina	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1978	R32	Paolo Bertolucci	1-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1978	R64	Klaus Eberhard	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data