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I. Nastase#14 def. G. Masters#85

6-7 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1978*
Tournament	Palm Springs
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	6-7 6-4 6-3
Loser	G. Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	G. Masters
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 19, 1950
Age	31	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	85
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,017	1,648
Career W-L	859–331	238–255
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 3 – 1 G. Masters

Path

I. Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R64	S. Krulevitz	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	R16	C. Richey	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

G. Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R64	R. Case	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data