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I. Nastase#10 def. M. Cox#28

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	I. Nastase
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	M. Cox

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	I. Nastase	M. Cox
Country	ROU	GBR
Birth date	Jul 19, 1946	Jul 5, 1943
Age	31	34
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	10	28
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,827
Career W-L	859–331	408–274
Career earnings	$2,076,761	—

Pre-match H2H

I. Nastase 4 – 1 M. Cox

Path

I. Nastase's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

I. Nastase's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	R16	R. Tanner	1-6 7-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

M. Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R64	T. Leonard	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data