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Ilie Nastase def. Richard Russell

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 1971*
Tournament	Hampton
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Richard Russell

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Richard Russell
Country	ROU	JAM
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Sep 8, 1945
Age	24	25
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,023	1,544
Career W-L	859–331	56–100
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 1 – 0 Richard Russell

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1971	R32	Bobby Heald	6-3 6-0	W	—	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 1971	QF	Frank Froehling	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Russell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1971	R32	Nicola Spear	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data