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Ilie Nastase#85 def. Ferdi Taygan#73

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 6, 1981*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Ferdi Taygan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Ferdi Taygan
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Dec 5, 1956
Age	34	24
Height	183	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	85	73
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,709	1,677
Career W-L	859–331	74–121
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$668,104

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Ferdi Taygan

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1981	R32	Jim Delaney	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1981	QF	Fritz Buehning	6-4 7-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ferdi Taygan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 5, 1981	R32	Bernie Mitton	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data