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Ilie Nastase def. Paul Gerken

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1972*
Tournament	Seattle
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Paul Gerken
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Mar 15, 1950
Age	26	22
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,161	1,632
Career W-L	859–331	124–129
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 0 Paul Gerken

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	Glenn Gerstmar	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	QF	Sherwood Stewart	6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	William Brown	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data