Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

George Hardie#153 def. Ilie Nastase#12

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 1979*
Tournament	Philadelphia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	George Hardie
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	George Hardie	Ilie Nastase
Country	USA	ROU
Birth date	Feb 19, 1953	Jul 19, 1946
Age	25	32
Height	—	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	153	12
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,518	2,059
Career W-L	77–144	859–331
Career earnings	—	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

George Hardie 0 – 1 Ilie Nastase

Path

George Hardie's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

George Hardie's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 1979	R16	Geoff Masters	6-4 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 1979	R64	Deon Joubert	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data