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Ilie Nastase def. Paolo Bertolucci

6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1973*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-2 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
Loser	Paolo Bertolucci

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Paolo Bertolucci
Country	ROU	ITA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Aug 3, 1951
Age	26	21
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,208	1,823
Career W-L	859–331	198–150
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Paolo Bertolucci

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	QF	Jan Kodes	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1973	R16	Antonio Zugarelli	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1973	R32	Ezio Di Matteo	6-0 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 4, 1973	R64	Eugenio Castigliano	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 1973	F	Manuel Orantes	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Paolo Bertolucci's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1973	QF	Jiri Hrebec	4-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1973	R16	Patrice Dominguez	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1973	R32	Roger Taylor	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1973	R64	Ion Tiriac	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1973	R128	Jun Kuki	0-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data