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Ilie Nastase#7 def. Rod Laver#11

5-7 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 1975*
Tournament	World Invitational Classic
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	5-7 7-6 6-4
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Rod Laver
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Aug 9, 1938
Age	29	37
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	11
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,086	2,104
Career W-L	859–331	576–147
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 3 – 2 Rod Laver

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1975	SF	Bjorn Borg	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 1975	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data