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Ilie Nastase#79 def. Rick Fagel#135

6-1 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 1981*
Tournament	Guaruja
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-1 3-6 6-1
Loser	Rick Fagel

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Rick Fagel
Country	ROU	USA
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Nov 29, 1953
Age	34	27
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	79	135
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,747	1,579
Career W-L	859–331	47–99
Career earnings	$2,076,761	$64,787

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 0 Rick Fagel

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1981	R32	Ney Keller	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1981	QF	Angel Gimenez	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Rick Fagel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 1981	R32	Jose Higueras	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data