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John McEnroe#3 def. Ilie Nastase#23

6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	John McEnroe
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John McEnroe	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Feb 16, 1959	Jul 19, 1946
Age	20	33
Height	180	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	23
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,255	1,871
Career W-L	833–189	859–331
Career earnings	$12,552,132	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

John McEnroe 2 – 3 Ilie Nastase

Path

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Pavel Slozil	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	John Lloyd	(w/o)	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Leo Palin	7-5 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data