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I. Nastase def. F. Pala

6-1 6-0 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 2, 1972*
Tournament	Monte Carlo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-1 6-0 6-3
Loser	F. Pala

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	F. Pala
Country	ROU	CZE
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Mar 28, 1944
Age	25	28
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,034	1,630
Career W-L	859–331	62–112
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 0 – 0 F. Pala

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	SF	J. Hrebec	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	QF	P. Szoke	6-3 6-1 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1972	R16	H. Kary	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1972	R32	N. Spear	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

F. Pala's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	SF	Boro Jovanovic	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1972	QF	I. Tiriac	8-6 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 31, 1972	R16	V. Korotkov	6-3 4-6 1-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 30, 1972	R32	R. Machan	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data