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Jan Kodes def. Cliff Drysdale

2-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 6, 1971*
Tournament	Stockholm Open
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jan Kodes
Score	2-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jan Kodes	Cliff Drysdale
Country	CZE	RSA
Birth date	Mar 1, 1946	May 26, 1941
Age	25	30
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,985	2,060
Career W-L	465–274	402–253
Career earnings	$693,197	—

Pre-match H2H

Jan Kodes 0 – 1 Cliff Drysdale

Path

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1971	QF	Rod Laver	4-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1971	R16	Bob Lutz	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Lars Olander	6-0 6-2	W	—	Match data

Jan Kodes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 1971	F	Arthur Ashe	1-6 6-3 2-6 6-1 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1971	QF	John Alexander	7-6 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 1971	R16	Roy Emerson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Tenny Svensson	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 1971	R64	Allan Stone	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data