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Ilie Nastase def. Roy Emerson

6-1 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 1971*
Tournament	Wembley
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ilie Nastase
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ilie Nastase	Roy Emerson
Country	ROU	AUS
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Nov 3, 1936
Age	25	35
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,987	1,947
Career W-L	859–331	275–174
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

Ilie Nastase 0 – 0 Roy Emerson

Path

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Roy Barth	8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 1971	QF	John Newcombe	9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 1971	R32	Bill Bowrey	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data