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Bjorn Borg#11 def. Ilie Nastase#1

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 1974*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Bjorn Borg
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	Ilie Nastase
Country	SWE	ROU
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 19, 1946
Age	17	27
Height	180	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	11	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,034	2,108
Career W-L	608–143	859–331
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg 1 – 2 Ilie Nastase

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	SF	Guillermo Vilas	2-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	Manuel Orantes	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	Marty Riessen	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6-7 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	Patrice Dominguez	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Borg's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	SF	Stan Smith	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 1, 1974	QF	Alex Metreveli	6-1 7-5	W	—	Match data
May 31, 1974	R16	Roscoe Tanner	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 1974	R32	Vijay Amritraj	6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1974	R64	Martin Mulligan	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	—	Match data